socotra 3,357 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G87pHe6mP0I Microsoft’s Skype software will start translating voice calls between people today. As part of a preview program, Skype Translator makes it possible for English and Spanish speakers to communicate in their native language, without having to learn a new one. It sounds like magic , but it’s the result of years of work from Microsoft’s research team and Skype to provide an early working copy of software that could help change the way the world communicates in the future. Skype Translator Preview works on Windows 8.1 or preview copies of Windows 10, and it works by translating voice input from an English or Spanish speaker into text and translated audio. An English speaker will hear a translation from a Spanish speaker, and vice versa. Microsoft previously demonstrated the technology working between English and German, but Spanish will be the only language outside of English that will be initially supported during the preview. Microsoft is marketing Skype Translator as a tool for schools, and the company tested it out with students in the US and Mexico. Skype is already popular in the classroom, with teachers participating in video conferences around the world to connect their schools to classrooms across the globe. While tests and demonstrations have been in limited and controlled experiments, Microsoft’s move today opens up its Skype Translator to a much wider audience to test it in the real world. Full article: http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/15/7393665/skype-translator-features Pretty cool stuff Microsoft is doing, surprisingly. So excited for what this could entail for the future of linguistics and communication. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianni Versace 2,987 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 i wonder they can translate my naughty girl cam moans xxoxox Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chic 20,830 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 i wonder they can translate my naughty girl cam moans xxoxox YAAAASSS Me: "Ohhh baby yesss..." Translator: "GUACAMOLE" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan 20,827 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I can see this being used in many ways. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByeBye49 161 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Wow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koreku 2,387 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Oh my god, I'd get so many butterflies if I had some kind of foreign friend online and we used this to communicate or something :snowmess: You don't deserve a point of view if the only thing you see is you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromatislaps 34,854 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 YAAAASSS Me: "Ohhh baby yesss..." Translator: "GUACAMOLE" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastien 16 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Imagine if it translates wrong though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 117,044 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 What kind of Star Trek magic :applause: (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ᶠʳᵒⁿᵗ ᵗᵒʷᵃʳᵈ ᵉⁿᵉᵐʸ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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