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   mhoye (mhoye@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Sep-2023 10:40:45 JST mhoye

   "Automated translation of web content is now available to Firefox users! Unlike cloud-based alternatives, translation is done locally in Firefox, so that the text being translated does not leave your machine."

   I got to see the early demos of this and it is jaws-on-the-floor bonkers wizard magic. Entirely local - and good - translation with no cloud service and like 6MB of storage per language.

   https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/118.0/releasenotes/

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     Gabriele Svelto (gabrielesvelto@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Sep-2023 20:13:34 JST Gabriele Svelto

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     @mhoye one great aspect of this is that it's zero-cost for Mozilla, vs the running costs of server-based approaches. I'd still like to see some UI improvements but overall it's fantastic

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     mhoye (mhoye@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Sep-2023 20:13:34 JST mhoye

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     • Gabriele Svelto

     @gabrielesvelto The least appreciated part of on-device, surveillance-free technologies is how much cheaper they are for everyone involved.

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     Nikolay Bogoychev (xapajiamnu@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Sep-2023 20:14:19 JST Nikolay Bogoychev

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     @mhoye

     The translation module is the labour of a number of European universities in partnership with the Mozilla foundation and the funding for it came from the EU.

     You can read about it here: https://browser.mt/

     It's a real shame this information didn't make it to the release notes.

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     Janis La Couvée (lacouvee@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Sep-2023 20:14:45 JST Janis La Couvée

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     @mhoye that's a game-changer, for sure. I've been a loyal Firefox user since 2004.

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     OddOpinions5 (failedlyndonlarouchite@mas.to)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Sep-2023 20:14:58 JST OddOpinions5

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     @mhoye

     I have had 4 or 5 toots about this in my timeline, but not one about the fingerprint protection which for me is way more important, but that is just me

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     Paul (paul@fedi.nlpagan.net)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Sep-2023 20:15:08 JST Paul

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     @mhoye I just installed 118 and it's indeed Amazing!