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Skype's magic real-time speech translation is going live for all |
October 02, 2015
Not too long ago, translation meant laboriously cutting and pasting a phrase into a text box or linking to a Web page. That's about to change as Microsoft rolls out its real-time “universal translator” Skype users.Within the next few weeks, Skype said Thursday, the company will begin pushing its integrated translation capabilities into the desktop version of the Skype app. (You’ll see a globe icon to the top right if it’s live for you.) At this point, calling it “universal” is a bit of a stretch, as only six languages—English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Mandarin Chinese—are supported. But there are an additional 50 “messaging languages” the app will support for text chat, including Estonian, Urdu, and Welsh.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2988552/software-web/skypes-magic-real-time-speech-translation-is-going-live-for-all.html#tk.rss_all
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