Transitioning from CD player to Apple iPod was pretty great. All my iPods (earlier models, when the color options were white, then black and white) remain fully functional.
There was also a moment in time when Google Translate "broke the mold" for me. It was mid-2010s. I was traveling through Eastern Europe. Using Google Translate I could have real-time conversations with persons speaking another language, in a less common dialect of that language. Translate captured both the semantics and pragmatics of each conversational exchange. Couldn't believe it. I could also use my phone's camera to translate text on signs and menus in real-time. Granted, it ate my battery. It also closed the gap in human-human communication instantly.
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Transitioning from CD player to Apple iPod was pretty great. All my iPods (earlier models, when the color options were white, then black and white) remain fully functional.
There was also a moment in time when Google Translate "broke the mold" for me. It was mid-2010s. I was traveling through Eastern Europe. Using Google Translate I could have real-time conversations with persons speaking another language, in a less common dialect of that language. Translate captured both the semantics and pragmatics of each conversational exchange. Couldn't believe it. I could also use my phone's camera to translate text on signs and menus in real-time. Granted, it ate my battery. It also closed the gap in human-human communication instantly.