THE PILOT Translator

[@Reaperman4711]

I prefer the Captain Kirk translation method of speaking louder and slower until the green women pretend to understand.

[@StopDropRetro]

HAHAHAHA

[@Duskaria]

Alien ... .. ... you'll see us.... EARTHLINGS can... . ... standupforourselves!

[@steeveedee8478]

Worked for Kirk. He got off with them all but he did usually have to fight someone/thing too.

[@ChoboUnjeon]

I like using the almost universal language English

[@zubirhusein]

My favorite part is in the 'dev' video where they're just oogling at random circuit boards and they have a breadboard with nothing in it except a classic red led

[@ripvanwinkle1854]

lmao that's my favorite part of these kind of projects

[@StriderAngel496]

also the board is 10x larger than the earpiece that it's supposed to go into...

[@alaeriia01]

DeathAngel That's a breadboard, not a PCB. Breadboards are used to prototype a circuit board before you actually put components on silicon.

[@StriderAngel496]

Alex Snitzer I said board not PCB....

[@StriderAngel496]

Also I wasn't referring to the breadboard... See the green rectangles around the BREADBOARD? Myeah.... Those are PCB s... So stop correcting people just for the fuck of it mate ;) since I didn't specify what I was referring to, I only said "board". So why the fuck do you decide to just pick the only thing on the table that wasn't a PCB, then take the liberty to interpret "board" as PCB and then proceed to correct me? Fucking KZbin and fucking idiots that think are smart and just get a huge boner at the smallest chance to correct someone, Damn... Fucking clap mate you get a standing ovation... Congrats, you are the smartest fucker in here... Does that stroke you the right way, mate? :>

[@rebeccaschade3987]

I'd rather just stick a small fish in my ear.

[@CletoFrost]

Rebecca Schade i was waiting for a Hitchhiker's Guide reference the whole video

[@deadWu]

Rebecca Schade please, just don't listen to Vogon's poetry...

[@ericbazinga]

Rebecca Schade The other person still has to stick a small fish in their ear, don't they?

[@AnonymousUser77254]

ericbazinga no, you just need one babble fish

[@willstaffan3229]

Crowd funding checklist: 1: Donation tier with just updates, something you get for free. 2: 3d model being spun on iPad 3: A bunch of circuit boards and breadboards with nothing pertaining to the actually project on them 4: Video with weird acting and misleading results. 5: No working prototype

[@StopDropRetro]

6: sexy female you would have no chance with in the real world is impressed by the product 7: bad dubbing 8: fake doctors/professors endorsing the product 9: most expensive tiers give you access to a Beta version (aka- the shittiest version of the product) 10: superhero music in the background

[@willstaffan3229]

You really are the pro.

[@ronin6158]

so in other words the same old advert techniques used since dawn of time reframed for millennials who think they're too smart for all that.

[@zh84]

1. Make slick promotional video. 2. ? 3. Profit!

[@willstaffan3229]

Rewatching videos and finding my comments with a reply from stop and drop reminds me that dad is back

[@admirkaralic7209]

I Speak 4 languages and I'm proud to do so, there is no machine or technology that could mimic what it feels like to actually understand and being able to answer in that same language that is not our mothers tongue.

[@StopDropRetro]

My recent video is a follow up to this and yeah I hear you, there's nothing like the feeling of understanding someone thanks to something you learned.

[@fredddo123]

the french girl said "je vous entend parler francais" if this guy really is her boyfriend, she would have said "Je tentend parler francais" not "vous" you use the word "vous" when you adress to someone, not to a friendly or even loved one. liar!

[@seban678]

Also, her accent is horrible. Clearly not french.

[@lolly166541]

The worst part about it is that he is not willing to learn (basic stuff) of a new language. When I met my (now Ex-) Boyfriend I started to learn Swedish and he started to learn German, we had no language barrier but we thought it would be a fun thing to do - I mean you can't speak too many languages! :D

[@chickpea]

seban678 It can be Canadian French, there are some different French accents

[@PeterAlfonsLoch]

*Je t'entend parler en français.

[@outsidercain3038]

Man she's speaking french really good with no accent. But it's funny for a non french speaker to say a french speak doesn't sounds legit :) thanks for the lol

[@Aquelll]

Knowing how shitty work Google translate does with Finnish I am not holding my breath for any company to crack our language for auto-translation. :D

[@StopDropRetro]

Kiitos kun katsoit! Toivon, että pystyt lukemaan tämän!

[@goommym]

Oui, oui, baguette.... Sexy

[@AmartharDrakestone]

Omlette du fromage.

[@raggedyexynos6826]

Oui oui adieu french kiss french fries je suis monte, thats the only french i know

[@Mr_Fancypants]

Hon hon tittycroisoins

[@LocoMe4u]

J'ai la baguette qui colle. Et le bonbons qui font des bons fromages.

[@ChoboUnjeon]

웬 빵?

[@TheEdquito]

More indiegogo/kickstarter videos. Its your niche

[@chickpea]

TheEdquito He and idubbbs are the best on this

[@ronindebeatrice]

Two years... that's enough time to learn a fuckton of conversational French...

[@oz_jones]

Ikr

[@metademetra]

I was in a car with an Armenian Lyft driver, and he used Google Translate to talk to me since he didn't know English. It actually worked really well. We didn't talk much since you know...driving...but when we were, the app was really accurate. I wouldn't be surprised if Google released a version of this. Except with an actual prototype!

[@lilyuwuu]

metademetra they did

[@radiofreeplatypus7908]

Interesting thing about Waverly Labs, supposed developer of this product: outside of an NYU school with a similar name, I can find no full street address, no telephone number. All communication is done apparently exclusively through email. This just screams legitimacy, doesn't it?

[@radiofreeplatypus7908]

One other thing I noticed; the video shows the non-English speaking girl looking over signage as if reading it. How? *Do the earphones magically translate visually as well?*

[@hatednyc]

“... when I met a French Girl.” *Translation: From watching Star Trek’s use of the Universal Translator*

[@Agamemnon2]

In a war between scammers and smug sarcasm, there can be no winners.

[@dennett316]

Sarcasm is free, therefore it wins.

[@StopDropRetro]

eh, I've never been a winner. You can't lose what you never had!

[@shaxerooney]

You have been very right with the "early worm" effect, you know, when Google is doing this now.

[@DeAthWaGer]

how has no one pointed out the random gutted circuit boards that dont possibly have anything to do with the ear pieces, with no circuit testing tools or even a solding iron laying nearby?

[@slavlazarevic]

Haha great job - keep these coming! Great job with the timed delays - gave me a good chuckle.

[@StopDropRetro]

Thanks! I had a lot of fun with this one. I can't believe how dishonest they are with the delay, and this isn't the only project that does that. The reviews once [if??] this comes out are going to be a circus.

[@Mikki-Moo]

He could have aswell just learned the language of his "fiance"

[@duckenomics7981]

how do you even meet a French girl? I see hot people all the time but you don't just ask them out-actually, how did he ask her out?

[@DPedroBoh]

It woudnt be so whimsical and magical if he said it, it's usually pretty boring in real life.

[@StriderAngel496]

+DontDropSoap which is faster and better in every way than their shit device.... also i'm pretty sure it works with a Bluetooth headset just as well if you really wanted to...

[@QuartzIsAnOxide]

He probably made that up, but if it were true i would imagine the easiest way to meet someone from a different country would be asking them for indications.

[@nathan-qcueparsons268]

With a check.Shes a paid actor.

[@alaeriia01]

This thing could be a great icebreaker at parties. "Hey, check this shit out that I found online!" Much lulz can be had. Also, call it a Babel fish for god's sake.

[@myfavoritethingschannel7610]

if you really love a France girl .... learn France!

[@StriderAngel496]

but learning the European language is haaard....

[@cerradin]

nothing is hard when you're in love

[@myfavoritethingschannel7610]

DeathAngel is it harder the you WAWA if it is then ... you not worthy

[@nonpondo_]

Learn English first

[@KaeYoss]

+Heitor Augusto "nothing is hard when you're in love" Uhmmmm.....

[@atabledoraeomonchen2565]

at least the french girl is really french

[@zybch]

Puts it in a more trustworthy category than most tech IGG projects.

[@kaptnblaubar6547]

😂😂 i love your kickscam videos! I f*cking love them!

[@yakovhadash]

multiple LOL moments throughout this video and others on your channel. for that I am eternally thankful. in tough times we need laughter

[@FlavioZaBess]

Another case of: Give us your money and maybe...just maybe this is gonna work.

[@dennett316]

If the translation tech was all contained within the earpiece, they might have something. As it is, you still need a phone to configure everything and do the actual work, so all they're selling is an expensive blue tooth earpiece set along with the app (that's the actual product) because they want to lock out other equipment to charge a premium. If their app was so great, it'd sell itself without the need to resort to gouging people on the headsets.

[@StopDropRetro]

Exactly, if they had a great app I'm sure it would be successful all on its own. This is just a scam to sell expensive blue tooth earpieces that can't work on anything else.

[@yingkaik]

You've got to take a look at their new campaign. The Ambassador

[@yingkaik]

www.indiegogo.com/projects/ambassador-your-professional-interpreter#/

[@lithuanianscot7172]

I used a live translator a few weeks ago. It required you train it for both speakers and took about 10 mins. After that it was pretty speedy. You made your statement and paused to end. The translation was immediate but of course there was the second of end pause. A lot less than you see in your video. It even allowed people to talk at the same time. The translations were quite good. I speak both of the languages used and did not really need the device. So when I compared the translation to what I would have said it did okay for a machine.

[@orangeorange2744]

if the voice the pilot is using is the cowbelly voice i am buying it

[@peterw4910]

This product was at the Design Museum in London in the Beazley Designs of the year exhibit this year.

[@tacolength]

I like your videos a lot. Your voice is easy to listen to and not aggressive or has that burn out in it.

[@Zestypanda]

So, he read a lot of Douglas Adams...

[@StopDropRetro]

Y'know I've actually never read Douglas Adams, but I should. He seems to fit my dry humor style.

[@ShaunHusain]

StopDrop&Retro he does, think the OP is referring to the babelfish it's a universal translation device you shove in your ear.

[@Zestypanda]

Shaun Husain Bingo

[@PEACEWALKER1992]

10:37 That Yoda picture is fucking hilarious! xDD

[@KaeYoss]

Up the fuck shut you must

[@ilusha88]

Most French people speak English, but won't admit it.

[@StopDropRetro]

I don't blame them these days to be honest. But we'll see who's running their country soon.

[@QuartzIsAnOxide]

Most people in general speak english. It's taught in school from an early age because it's one of the most relevant languages there is. Plus, 99.9% of university books are in english, so you're kind of screwed if you can't read them xD

[@shepd3]

Yup. When you take this device to France and offer it to someone, they'll answer, in English: "What is this? For translation? Why? I speak English." I was in the Netherlands last year. I expected some language barrier. There was absolutely none. Only one person I met didn't speak enough English to be understood. They actually felt BAD that they couldn't speak it better. Apparently it is a mandatory lesson in school and he failed, so to his friends he looked like that guy who can't multiply 9x9 without a calculator.

[@Eversionz]

+shepd3 81

[@thefrub]

Good work Darnel

[@Iamsososorry]

Google just announce this today haha.

[@StopDropRetro]

CALLED IT!

[@bonapartist]

Really enjoy your videos and sense of humor man, it's just a matter of time till your channel gets big if you keep up this caliber of work.

[@StopDropRetro]

Thanks! Yeah, people are really enjoying these videos so I'll keep making them. I've already got the next ones in the works and they should be pretty good! Thanks again for watching!

[@RanFuRe]

I completely agree. These videos are really good. I love it when people see through this bullshit. But trust me: Statistically you won't make much difference. The key here is that you are not part of the target audience, and the target audience have only very little overlap with your audience.

[@StopDropRetro]

Thanks! I've got more on the way. I even needed to make a list for myself!

[@aliensexist2639]

unexpected Chan

[@Melty-pup]

lol the random outlet face plate with no outlets on the ground

[@SalimOfShadow]

HAHAHAHAH YOU FUCKING KILLED ME WITH THAT STOP MOTION FOR THE TRANSLATION XD

[@BobofWOGGLE]

What we really need to focus on is nanomachines. If every person on the planet had translation nanites in their skull, this app + locked down bluetooth earplug shit wouldn't be able to even pretend to get off the ground.

[@StopDropRetro]

True, and then language differences would be a thing of the past... except for the anti-nano conservatives who refuse to have their children "nano'd" because it causes autism.

[@carlosandleon]

youre such a dumbass. get out of your room and see the world

[@lsffan]

omg that cannibal reference

[@codenamemati]

Does it works in a crowd like is shown in the video? I have tried a lot of voice recognition software and they don't work with noisy background, they give wrong results or don't recognize anything at all. But wait a minute... maybe this thing is so powerful that can translate all conversations nerby at the same time!!!

[@chase371]

I love your IndieGoGo reviews.

[@MickeyD2012]

When someone actually invents a Babelfish equivalent, call me.

[@ZeroHBRPro]

Funny how he says "it was hard for us to communicate because she didn't speak English very well" instead of "because I don't speak French". How self centered do you have to be to think that someone in their own country should speak your language?

[@mikeross4081]

Good point.

[@larslenke1242]

"Comment le cafe" HOW THE COFFEE

[@zakofrx]

One good idea from them that Google should use is to be able to join multiple Google translate apps together. Then you could take the speech input from one device and output the sound to the other. Would help with conversations.

[@TylerHackenschmidt]

Im pretty sure the google translate app does the exact same thing for free, it has a 'conversation mode' so you can just put your phone on a table and it will translate two people's conversations and speak it

[@StopDropRetro]

Wait till the backers find out. This thing was made for the time when this information was not generally well known.

[@jastinapostol]

you can get some ear pieces now from the waveryly website

[@prowlingmonkey]

just go to a pub, find a vagabond alien, and put a space fish in your ear

[@totih144]

As a foreign languages student I'm not pissed off, I'm laughing out loud ahahahah

[@StopDropRetro]

I love how they're so obviously preying on people who want to interact with other languages but don't understand (or have the will to learn) how languages work. It's sad. It's like trying to sell a deaf person a magical set of headphones and showing them a video "proving" it works.

[@totih144]

And as you said in the video, you have to persuade a stranger person to put a filthy headset in his ear! Harassment 2.0

[@michaelaranda5220]

French Women, in addition to not wearing pants, they don't shave.

[@qwasd0r]

The phone actually listens and translates AFAIK, the earpiece just plays the translation back to you. I hope that in some future version of this, everything is done within the earpiece.

[@KimasM]

I wouldn't be surprised that they just use Google Translation API for there app to translate text and serving as their own.

[@R3TURNZ3R0]

We should ask him how it feels to be shown up. It would be a good follow up video.

[@Zizzily]

I like how LTT did a video on this thing.

[@StopDropRetro]

it wasn't the same company but same dumb shit. If you have a set of translation headphones that requires an app, then all you own is a shitty app with expensive proprietary off the shelf headphones.

[@josehnegrete]

Damn not gonna lie, I had been seriously considering buying this tech. I was living up the fantasy. Thanks for opening my eyes!

[@joelbell6275]

I didn't speak much Spanish when I met my future wife. We used the REAL language of love (body language, if you catch my drift) until I took a community college Spanish 1 class to get the basic grammar down. Then, all I needed to do was just listen and let her teach me with our everyday interactions until I got to where I am now. I'm far from a master at Spanish, but we can communicate well enough to prevent being frustrated while talking. Why didn't this guy just take a French class and open up his mind to learning French through the daily interactions he has with his French girlfriend? It would be the easier way, lol. Makes me think even more that this earpiece is just a scam.

[@joelbell6275]

Also, his interactions with her make him seem like an impatient jerk.

[@roxcyn]

Joel Bell - Tienes razón, amigo.

[@ChrisNorris]

This is the best smackdown by far.

[@SlippyMcDervish]

He look like a default Sim.

[@nasirub1653]

I need this work on cats, my sisters cat keeps scratching my walls and I want this device to translate "I'm going to give you away to a hungry Asian family if you don't stop".

[@StopDropRetro]

I gotchu fam: catterbox.com/ Is it wrong that I think Catterbox is a brilliant idea but The Pilot is a stupid idea?

[@Pragnantweggyboard]

NASIRUB 1 Get a scratching post, then he/she will cease.

[@plazmaburstchampion]

Sweet video! You've just got yourself a instant-subscription from me! Keep creating this great content!

[@josiaharaki7310]

Missed opportunity to call it the Babel Fish.

[@Alanzice]

Loled hard in this one! Great job! It's kinda funny seeing that you gone from 99 cents games to "KickstarterBuster" in all those years. I'm not complaining, i actually really like your "crowdfunding analysis" videos and think that should be more (and more chinese bootleg stuff analysis, i miss those, hehe). And, back to this video again, is really sad to see so many people falling for those almost magic crowdfundings. As i said before, this kind of financing was suposed to be something good, not another way to scam people... oh well. I hope we are all wrong and the device turns out to be great, but is really unlikely.

[@StopDropRetro]

Thanks I'm glad you enjoyed it! I'm so thankful to have fans like you, I've thought about that recently how this channel has transformed quite a bit over time. I've explained before how I had to drop the 99 cent bin game reviews because they just weren't getting enough views to justify it, but I think a little piece of them survives in the Indiebox reviews. I started doing the crowdfunding analysis videos during the Retro VGS videos and it was never supposed to turn into a recurring segment, in fact, I was afraid people would get upset and accuse me of going after low hanging fruit. But instead people loved it and that gave me the confidence to make videos like this that people are really starting to enjoy! So I guess it's all about being comfortable and figuring out what subjects have enough people who like looking at it as much as I do. And don't worry about the hardware reviews! I know where my bread is buttered and I've got a good one coming up next!

[@Tech_Alchemy]

lol this channel is awesome! Also I have been working with electronics for many years. I find it hilarious how they show basic breadboard circuit with an LED and basic circuitry WTH is that ?! Students in first year of engineering college do those basic set ups... Lol

[@o3tomas]

Aaaaand... Google announced their earphones with the translate feature

[@ironfox5750]

The Babel Fish still has a ways to go.

[@GeoExpansionify]

I can't believe you caught that like really quick. I did sound very believable and you are right there are other apps out there that can do it much better than what they are proposing. To me it looks like they are just using an earpiece with an existing app. I do have an idea for anyone that is reading this. My daughter gave me the idea really. She is only 2 months old and she loves Mario music especially the underwater themes it puts her right out. My wife and I recently bought her a crib side toy that once you push a button underwater creatures move as well as music or ocean sounds play. I think it would be awesome to have a swimming Mario or a Blooper that have a button once someone pushes it can play any underwater theme from Mario. I think that would be a really good idea because the underwater themes like Super Mario 64 are quite calm, collective, and relaxing. Something that would last maybe 20-30 min so she could get drowsy and when I put her down she can still hear the music until she fell asleep. So, if anyone can make something like that let me know I will back someone on Kickstater on that one. I am sure that legal issues would probably come up with Nintendo. I just think that it would be a good idea.

[@jamesflames6987]

Hopefully when the Pilot V2 comes out they will dispense with the uncomfortable earpiece and have the sound come directly out of a speaker on the phone. Now THAT would be futuristic!

[@spectre9792]

(fake awe) Wow... It's like that universal translation pin from "The Last Starfighter"...

[@OverloadDeepDarkDubstep]

so this guy invented the bluetooth earpiece? what a genius!

[@MajinWamu]

A bitter and uptight person like him doesn't deserve and cheerful and cute girl like her.

[@davidknight247]

They should have called it the Babelfish.

[@profoundthoughts]

I'm waiting for the Bablefish from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

[@pavy415]

Lol I love this tho perfect for first dates if going on blind dates in other countries

[@EduardJim]

when i was watching all i was thinking was potra ear rings

[@asifmetal666]

I use Google translator to communicate those who cant speak english. Its the best app

[@hvg7067]

you're very good at seeing through their bs

[@DaveEverett01]

What would be much better, would be a handheld microphone, you can speak in to and have it speak the translation through an internal speaker. The other person can also speak into the microphone. Most people understand what a microphone is for so the language barrier is not an issue to get started in a conversation.

[@slushyone]

one could make the argument that.. in the amount of time theyve invested in developing this ... he could of had a solid grasp on whatever language he would of chosen.. ultimately yes tho, chump ass idea.

[@patrickbooth8009]

dude you troll so hard. but you literally do tell the damn truth.

[@wateringcan2]

The technology isn't there yet. Maybe in 20 years.

[@RisingLimit]

God I crack at the Stephen hawking joke

[@StopDropRetro]

the guy was a player, man. It's actually really fascinating how he's managed to move on from one woman to the next regardless of his condition. It must be the confidence.

[@nicholaswalsh7180]

Rest in peace

[@jamesflames6987]

You are speaking in English, but I can hear you talk French! How do you do it?? It's translating. Wow!

[@grumpyoldwizard]

Seems like the phone does all the work and the earphones are just Bluetooth headphones...well, I wrote this before you said it, lol

[@DesumetaruLiadz666]

I rather be a super bussiness man and learn the most used languages to overcome this problems.

[@StopDropRetro]

True, it's also more professional. If someone tried to talk business with me with an electronic translator I would have my guard up.

[@Ugo_Goglu]

she looks like the zero horizon dawn lady

[@Begeru]

What's funny also is that most Europeans learn English in grade school. So the application of this device is quite limited.

[@fatguy2002]

$179 google translate

[@donnie2baker78]

Google has that

[@StopDropRetro]

I was proven right!

[@DigitalicaEG]

Dude you're like a kickstarter PI,

[@Cameraville]

Luv your vids man

[@StopDropRetro]

Thanks! more on the way!

[@Folsomdsf2]

If the pilot called me and said 'Hey, can you make this work for 25 grand' I would go 'sure, we'll use OFF THE SHELF WIRELESS HEADPHONES SINCE YOUR APP ALREADY DOES EVERYTHING'. Hwo the fucking fuck is this an indiegogo when I could do this with pure fucking software?

[@StriderAngel496]

because stupid ignorant people who don't know anything about anything look at the video and donate 1.8 million dollars.... that's why :D

[@operatorlink]

You should do a video on Logbar's ili translator too

[@generalgaming3922]

its literaly a bluetooth earphone

[@tyranosurasmax]

This is such a fantastic video

[@StopDropRetro]

thanks!

[@samejimamamimi9483]

Instead of spending 179 USD on this, these people should spend it in French classes.

[@Vletra]

The earpiece isn't that hard, they can just buy an OEM manufacturered, the software is the hard part

[@StopDropRetro]

There are several third party translation apps. I tried out Vocre and it works amazingly well

[@grayday8089]

These need to be tailored toward ebonics translation.

[@redcardfarmerTV]

This got in the news