The
airport of Tokyo is testing a new and interesting device that allows
the user to talk to people in three different languages even if you do
not speak any of them. Actualidadgadget.com
The device is a megaphone called Megaphoneyaku Panasonic, and that strange name is because Yaku means translating. This megaphone Tokyo airport try to avoid confusion when these devices are used at times of emergency which you have to inform a number of users who are of various nationalities.
The device resembles the typical lifetime megaphone, albeit with a phablet on top. This ability to translate languages is the equivalent of having a smartphone to do it through an app. The user speaks through megaphone on one of the three languages are English, Chinese and Korean. Any of the above in one of the languages can be translated into the other two.
The device is a megaphone called Megaphoneyaku Panasonic, and that strange name is because Yaku means translating. This megaphone Tokyo airport try to avoid confusion when these devices are used at times of emergency which you have to inform a number of users who are of various nationalities.
The device resembles the typical lifetime megaphone, albeit with a phablet on top. This ability to translate languages is the equivalent of having a smartphone to do it through an app. The user speaks through megaphone on one of the three languages are English, Chinese and Korean. Any of the above in one of the languages can be translated into the other two.
The idea for this special megaphone born of the problems encountered when the Tokyo airport suffered flooding problems in 2014. The airport staff not found a way to communicate with foreign travelers who were detained during the inundanciones.
Being unable to communicate with people who speak another language who have stayed at the airport, it is a difficult task when it comes to distributing food and water. If this megaphone is able to reach the same level as a smartphone, it could be of great help in these very special circumstances. At least, travelers will know that you are trying to tell them when someone airport approaches them.
A very interesting initiative from Tokyo that under certain circumstances can come in handy as seems indicated. It is not the first that comes to airports that can surprise us.