Patent ID: 8103508

Claim:
A voice activated language translation system, comprising: a communication interface for handling at least one call to receive a voice message and to transmit a voice response; a voice recognition system connected to said communication interface for converting said voice message to a first text message in a first language; a text-to-speech system for converting a second text message to said voice response in a second language to transmit via said communication interface; and a language translation application connected to said voice recognition system and said text-to-speech system for translating said first text message from the first language to said second text message in the second language and sending said second text message to said text-to-speech system for conversion to said response, wherein said communication interface emulates a plurality of virtual IP phones and each virtual IP phone is able to handle said at least one call concurrently and independently of another call and wherein a plurality of directory numbers are provided such that each of the directory numbers provides a different translation service for different targeted environments.