 "Skype translator on Windows by summer-end")
Next time you are on Skype, speaking to a Chinese client, feel free to speak to him in Hindi. Back in China, he will hear all you speak, in Mandarin.
Microsoft has announced that the Skype Translator Preview for Windows will be available by the end of summer 2015.
The Skype Translator can translate into four spoken languages — English, Spanish, Italian and Mandarin — along with 50 written instant messaging languages.
The app not only translates conversations into different languages in near real time, but also provides a transcript of the conversation, giving a subtitle-like ease to the user.
Earlier, Microsoft had made it easier to obtain and use this latest add-on to its video-calling software, when they removed the sign-up requirement last month. Since then, the add-on has seen a 300% rise in its usage.
Microsoft has announced that the Skype Translator Preview for Windows will be available by the end of summer 2015.
The Skype Translator can translate into four spoken languages — English, Spanish, Italian and Mandarin — along with 50 written instant messaging languages.
The app not only translates conversations into different languages in near real time, but also provides a transcript of the conversation, giving a subtitle-like ease to the user.
Earlier, Microsoft had made it easier to obtain and use this latest add-on to its video-calling software, when they removed the sign-up requirement last month. Since then, the add-on has seen a 300% rise in its usage.