But Asians everywhere, from academics to computer hobbyists, are working on ways to teach the Internet to speak their mother tongues.
In the Internet age - when politicians speak even to small audiences - their words can come back to haunt them.
His remarkable feats have not gone unnoticed by the world -- Nadav has held meetings with Google executives and has been invited to speak about mobile applications and the internet at some of the biggest technology events in the continent, including the Tech4Africa conference.
Use the Internet, Google alerts, read press releases and speak with current and former employees.
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At the very least, speak with the person either via phone or Internet camera service (Skype, iChat).
E-speak is a translator of information available on the Internet that's needed at a particular time.
Creator TouchType scraped Internet language data from around the world to understand how people speak in real-life situations not by studying a dictionary.
Fiorina said HP, in keeping with its belief that there's enough room for everyone as the Internet develops, will release the source code for e-speak on Dec. 8 so that developers can begin writing applications that bring those services to users.
The plans speak to the wireless industry's zeal to improve Internet access on cellphones and increase the lucrative data charges consumers pay for such service.
As CEO of the phenomenally successful Internet-based shoe company, Hseih received more and more invitations to speak as the company became better and better known.
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It uses a Cisco network that constantly tracks retail sales patterns and an Internet customer center that routes calls to agents based on the languages they speak and their areas of expertise.
On Thursday, executives from Lycos, Excite and Infoseek will speak on a panel called "In the Eye of the Internet Networks: The Power of Conglomeration" at CES' Digital Hollywood, a kind of a show within the show.
Tomorrow, Goldman Sachs kicks off the 2013 edition of its Technology and Internet conference in San Francisco with a bang: Apple CEO Tim Cook will speak at 7:15 a.m.
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Yet thanks to the Internet I can develop a reputation as a player in a foreign city where I don't speak the language.
Newreader Sally Magnusson hands things over, and there follows a landmark for the royals, and thanks to the viral quality of the Internet, the first time that millions around the world will actually hear the well-bred Prince speak.
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