Help 2 Speak is a simple but well executed idea - a phrasebook for your mobile.
Using a simple menu system, the app will let you select one of 5 languages (English, German, French, Italian and Spanish) and then drill down through categories like ‘Transport’ ‘Restaurant’ and ‘Services’ to reach a list of phrases.
Scrolling down through the list brings up a translation in an easy-to-read caption at the top of the screen.
It’s only a collection of phrases with menu front end, really, but it’s free, looks nice and might help you out if you are struggling to make yourself understood on your holidays.
Until scientists get their fingers out and invent a Star Trek-style instant translator, this will have to do.
Available here for Windows Mobile, with iPhone, J2ME and Symbian versions to follow.
