Patent ID: 8311798

Claim:
A translation headset for translating between a first conversation language and a second conversation language that is different from said first language, said headset including a rigid headband having at least one end fitted with an earpiece and with a microphone to be placed in register with the mouth, connection means connecting the headset to translation means for translating between the first and second conversation languages, only said microphone being connected in such a manner as to pick up the first and second conversation languages and then transmit them to the translation means via the connection means; each earpiece being connected by said connection means to deliver a translation into the first conversation language as performed by said translation means from the second conversation language; and said headset further including a loudspeaker connected by the connection means to deliver a translation into the second conversation language as performed by said translation means from the first conversation language, so that the first and second languages picked up only by the microphone are delivered, once translated respectively into the second and first languages, respectively by said loudspeaker and by said earpiece with the loudspeaker delivering the translation into the second language from the first language picked up only by the microphone and with the earpiece delivering the translation into the first language from the second language picked up only by the microphone, wherein said microphone is secured to a flexible boom that is arranged on said end so as to be capable of being placed in register with the mouth, said loudspeaker also being arranged on said flexible boom adjacent to said microphone.