Mobile App Of The Day

Vocre. iPhone, iPad. Free (with per translation fee after 20). Every time I turn around, it seems, translation apps get even slicker and more Star Trek-like. Vocre is no exception. With Vocre, simply speak in your own language, and then hear the playback of your statement in another language of your choosing. Designed to enable conversations, you select the gender and language of you and your speaking partner, turn the phone upside down, say your piece, and Vocre should recognize what you said. If the text on the screen looks right, then flip the phone on its side and Vocre will speak out your words in your partner’s language. Slight annoyances include a noticeable delay and a great deal of phone flipping, but the results are pretty amazing. Imagine your phone unlocking the key to the language in a foreign country. Next step: strange new worlds.