Language is often an insurmountable barrier, but the popular service for free online conversations, which also offers cheaper calls to mobile and landline networks, Skype is trying to put an end to this. On computers with the Windows 8.1 operating system, she experimentally installed a universal translator (the Skype Translator application), which interprets the conversation between the two interlocutors in real time.
Computer translation is one of those areas of artificial intelligence that, despite years of experience, still has quite a few problems. Google Translate has come a long way, but is still quite far from intuitive translation, while Skype will be an add-on Translator through your toll-free telephone network (VoIP) enabled the first real-time translation, which will translate the conversation of the interlocutors in real time and record what was said in speech bubbles.
This opens up many new possibilities of use, from business use, namely Skype is increasingly used for meetings, interviews, etc., to use for private purposes, such as socializing with people from other parts of the world, which until now prevented it not knowing a foreign language. This makes Skype a kind of thing Tower of Babel understanding and communication.
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Skype Translator is currently translating fluently English and German, and in total it should translate just 45 languages. The application is still there in the test phase, but if you have Windows 7, XP, 8/8.1 or even testing Windows 10, or Android, iPhone/Pad or Mac, you can Skype website ask for an invitation to the test group, which you will receive faster if you use the code during registration STVER4230.
More information:
translator.skype.com
