The Skype for Windows desktop app’s real-time translation feature, which allows users to communicate in different languages using voice or text translation, has just been opened up to more Windows-based computers. Previously, you could only use Translator if you were running Windows 8.1 or 10. With this new update, anyone on a Windows PC, Windows […]
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Real-time translation coming to Skype for Windows this summer
Microsoft has been working on a real-time translation feature for Skype, and last month the company made it easier for users to test a preview of the technology by letting users install the software without requesting an invite. Now the company is getting ready to bring real-time translation to more users. A preview of Skype […]
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Skype’s real-time Translator is now open to all, no sign-up necessary
Skype is now letting anyone use its real-time translation feature to talk to someone who speaks a different language. Microsoft announced it would add real-time translation to its video-calling app about a year ago. Earlier this year, the Skype Translator preview, which included support for English, Spanish, Italian, and Chinese, became available to a small […]
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Skype Translator learns to speak Chinese and Italian (in real-time)
Need to translate text from an email message or website from Chinese to English or vice versa? You can pop it into Google Translate, Bing Translator, or another online translation tool. But what if you want to translate a spoken conversation in real-time, while it’s happening? That’s where Skype Translator comes in. Microsoft subsidiary Skype […]
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Google Working on Real-Time Voice Translation for Google Translate App
The New York Times reports Google is preparing to announce an update to its translation app that will bring real-time voice translation to mobile devices. Imagine how easy it will be to travel to exotic locations for a vacation. No more confusing conversations or scrambling to look up words in a translation dictionary. The app currently […]
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Skype Translator preview program begins soon
Earlier this year Microsoft demonstrated a new, nearly real-time translation system that lets you chat with someone face-to-face over Skype while speaking different languages. Now the company is getting ready to launch a preview program, and you can sign-up to be one of the first people to test Skype Translator. The preview program will be […]
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Skype Translator to bring real-time translation to Windows in 2014
Microsoft is showing off a new technology that brings real-time translation to Skype. The company showed off a demo of Skype Translator at the Code Conference this week, with an English speaker talking face-to-face over Skype to a German speaker while software recognized the words spoken and translated them into written text and spoken words […]