Imagine a situation where you may be traveling across foreign territory and did not know the native language. Not a difficult situation to imagine, right? However, if you had to further imagine that your translating device failed to bail you out and you were having great difficulty in communicating with the locals … this might sound somewhat scary.
Especially for those of you who frequently travel, this situation may seem relatable. For a woman traveler and especially if you were traveling alone, this could be a serious security issue too… If you have faced such a situation in the past, you would agree when we say that this isn’t a situation one would want to carry back home as fond memories. So, to help travelers such as you, entrepreneurs Ryan Frankel and Kunal Sarda have come up with a very handy app – VerbalizeIt. It is much more than a translation service and it enables you to talk to a real person who actually interprets each and every word spoken by whoever you are trying to communicate with.
 How does VerbalizeIt work?
It is a simple service wherein you have to download an app on your smartphone. It will then allow you to choose the language of your choice (the language you want the interpretation in) and further give you a phone number. Once you call on the number, you will be are connected to a live person who will then take care of your language hassles. The best thing about this app is that you can even put the person (interpreter) on speaker so that the person you are trying to communicate with, gets a chance to directly talk to him/her. This saves a lot of your time and reduces all ambiguity that there may be while words are transferred from one person to the other. Isn’t this simply amazing? To top it, all users are given five free-minutes to check it out as well!
If you are already guessing the price you have to pay for such a magnificent service, let us tell you that you are in for more surprises. A live interpretation can cost you around $1 to $1.50/ minute. An audio translation can take between $2.50 and $3.50 a minute, a video translation (including subtitles) can cost you around $1.30 to $2.50 a minute and to get a non-live document translated, you have to just pay $.07 to $.09 a minute.
A chance encounter with an unpleasant situation for the makers inspired them to come up with this app and it is surely handy for millions of women travelers who have to undertake professional-personal trips to various places, where competent interpreters aren’t readily available. Cost effective, time effective, and very reliable, you surely can’t do without VerbalizeIt when traveling abroad.
By Trishna
