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Now GRIN is Accessible in 141 Different Languages!

by | Mar 9, 2015 | 4 comments

The Global Registry for Inherited Neuropathies (GRIN) has implemented Google Translate.  Why did we choose Google?  Because Google is leading the way in teaching computers how to interpret meaning, avoiding the traditional method of decoding language.

Software that decodes language can turn ‘kindergarten’ into ‘children garden’.  Instead, “Google mines existing translated material, recognizes how words or phrases typically correspond, and uses probability to deliver the best match based on context”.1

Having the ability to communicate with patients in 141 different languages will hopefully result in more patients joining GRIN globally to prepare for future clinical trials, for example, Pharnext’s PXT-3003 phase III clinical trials for later this year.

1Ref: https://translate.google.com/

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  1. Mahmoud abdelazim
    Mahmoud abdelazim on March 18, 2015 at 4:50 pm

    I suffering from cmt “hereditary motor neuropathy”
    I hope to join research and clinical trials

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  2. Lesa
    Lesa on March 17, 2015 at 9:48 pm

    I have CMT in my hips legs and feet. Most of my mother’s side of the family has cmt and my grandmother’s side of family.

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