🌍 Polyglot

Real-time speech-to-speech translator built with React Native & Expo.

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📖 The Story

Polyglot was born from a real personal need. With my parents living in Portugal, I often found myself frustrated by the language barrier during daily life—whether it was hanging out with locals or following a sermon at church.

I built this app to bridge that gap: just place your phone down, start listening, and get a fluid, instant translation so you never lose the thread of a conversation or a speech again.

🚀 Features

• Precision Speech Recognition: Powered by expo-speech-recognition for high-accuracy voice capture.
• Dual Mode:
• Interim Mode (Flash): Real-time translation as you speak.
• Final Mode: Structured sentence-by-sentence translation with a full history.

🛠 Tech Stack

• Framework: React Native (Expo)
• Language: TypeScript
• Styling: Uniwind (Tailwind CSS)
• UI Components: React Native Paper
• Translation: Google Translate Engine

📦 Installation

1. Clone the repo:

git clone https://github.com/your-username/polyglot.git

2. Install dependencies:

npm install

3. Start the project:

npx expo start

📝 Roadmap

• Support for more languages (Extended API).
• Text-to-Speech (TTS) to pronounce translations out loud.
• Bookmarks system to save important phrases.

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Developed by fullyohan - CS Student.