Do you Yahoo? If you don’t, Yahoo is making it easier to check your email. Especially when you’re on the go.

　　你上雅虎網嗎？如果沒有，雅虎正在努力使你檢查郵件更方便。尤其是當你忙個不停的時候。

　　“To learn more about Yahoo by phone, press zero.”

　　“電話了解雅虎更多信息請撥零。”

　　It’s called “Yahoo! by phone”. The idea you don’t have to have a computer to access to Internet. Forget a mouse click. All you need is a touch tone. Several small companies like Tell-me and BeVocal have already launched similar systems that use voice portals. Yahoo’s offers email.

　　那就是所謂的“電話雅虎行”。這想法就是，不必用電腦上網，更不用鼠標，你只要說話字正腔圓。幾家像“Tell me”和“BeVocal”等規模稍小的公司已經啟動了使用語音系統的類似系統。雅虎則在提供電子郵件方面的使用。

　　“they can listen to stock quotes, they can listen to news, they can listen to sports scores and they can listen to weather.”

　　“他們可以聽股票報價，可以聽新聞報道，還可以聽體育賽事和天氣預報”

　　Lisa Pollack is the project’s senior producer. She said this new technology which turns text into synthesized speech, is helping to bridge the digital divide.

　　莉薩?波洛克是該項目的高級設計師。她說這種把正文轉成合成語言的新技術有助于解決數字信號的劃分問題。

　　“nearly everyone has a phone, there are more people that have telephones than have PCs. And this is just one way for us to make people to access their information. Let’s say you’re expecting a good message from a good friend of yours, that you’re may be going to meet her for dinner. And you think she might have tried to contract you by email. Well you call in and listen to your email.

　　And she says you don’t have to be computer savvy to use it. Here’s is how it works. Just dial 1800-myYahoo, punch in your code and listen. 

　　“幾乎人人有電話，擁有電話的人比擁有電腦的人多，這只是我們幫助人們更容易獲取信息的一種途徑。比方說你期望收到一個好朋友的消息，或許你打算和她見面吃飯，你認為可能已經通過電子郵件來聯系你，那么你可以打電話來聽你的郵件內容。

　　“Hi, and welcome to Yahoo!”

　　“您好，歡迎來到雅虎！“

　　“so what it really does is release people from their electronic tether to their PC, so now they can access their information from wherever they are.

　　“它的真正作用在于把人們從電腦旁解放出來，現在他們可以隨時隨地收到信息。“

　　“thank you for using Yahoo, goodbye!”

　　“歡迎使用雅虎系統，再見！”