Machine or Human? Evaluating the Quality of a Language Translation Mobile App for Diabetes Education Material.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diabetes is a major health crisis for Hispanics and Asian Americans. Moreover, Spanish and Chinese speakers are more likely to have limited English proficiency in the United States. One potential tool for facilitating language communication between diabetes patients and health care providers is technology, specifically mobile phones.

Objective

Previous studies have assessed machine translation quality using only writing inputs. To bridge such a research gap, we conducted a pilot study to evaluate the quality of a mobile language translation app (iTranslate) with a voice recognition feature for translating diabetes patient education material.

Methods

The pamphlet, "You are the heart of your family…take care of it," is a health education sheet for diabetes pa

SUBMITTER: Chen X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6238892 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature