Today’s military operations are being played out across multiple borders, among civilians speaking many languages with scores of dialects. The number of available interpreters simply cannot keep up with this ever-growing need. Voxtec understands, and has the expertise to help. From Afghanistan and Iraq to Southeast Asia, we’ve supported the United States Military and Coalition Forces with rugged, reliable, easy-to-use voice translation systems that help service members collect actionable intelligence.

As the scope of operations in the Middle East shifts from tactical to humanitarian, it’s vital for service members to reach across language barriers to achieve their objectives:

• Service members conducting checkpoint operations and disturbance investigations benefit greatly from tools that act as force multipliers. In these situations, they rely on Voxtec translation systems to inform and prepare civilians for search procedures in a calm, accurate manner.
• Humanitarian efforts require specialized tactics that allow service members to reassure citizens and collect actionable intelligence. Language modules stored within Voxtec systems provide service members the ability to identify peacekeeping forces, administer aid and collect intelligence relating to the locations of insurgents or weapons.
• To maximize its effectiveness in all situations, our Phraselator® P2 handheld system is equipped with the ability to record several hours of audio commentary. For example, lengthy responses to open-ended statements such as, “Tell me what you have seen,” can be recorded in the witnesses native language and later translated back to English using a trusted interpreter.

Voxtec has made it our mission to meet the service members’ needs of today, while continuing to develop advanced technology to support the needs of tomorrow.

Advancing Mission Success

A Special Forces Soldier in Iraq was facing a common dilemma: An interpreter was not readily available to assist an interview. The Soldier knew that acquiring actionable intelligence from the Iraqi civilians in front of him depended on quickly establishing rapport.

Enter Voxtec translation technology. The Soldier recalls the impact:

“I used the Phraselator to interview former Iraqi intelligence officials. I used it with civilians to determine where the enemy went, and to get exact information on a huge weapons cache as well as the location of unexploded ordinance. What an amazing machine!”