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Simultaneous Spanish Translation on Skype

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Simultaneous Spanish translation on Skype during video calls is the latest innovation in the world of computor technology!

Can two people understand each other without speaking the same language, and without the help of an interpreter?

Telecommunications app Skype is putting the technology in motion to make simultaneous translation possible! The technology does not yet have a release date but apparently is very close to becoming a reality. Once the dialogue has been translated, and on-screen transcript of the conversation will be displayed on the screen as theconversation continues.

Skype Translator has been tested on more than 50,000 volunteers in the last two weeks. The company plans to roll out the technology gradually to other users, and apparently it will be available to everyone within eight months. According to Skype Vice President Gurdeep Pall, those with PCs or tablets running Microsoft’s Windows 8.1 or Surface operating systems will receive it first, followed by users with earlier versions of Windows and other operating systems.

After that, the next step is to get the service up and running in 40 languages. “It is very important to be the first company to make this important step”, Pall explains.

Owned by Microsoft since 2011 Skype is not planning to charge for the use of the service, but would like to see people use it for professional and personal use.

Mr. Pall stresses the importance of innovation: “This technology has never been used before. The advances in processing natural speech have made it possible. The more this technology is used, the better it will work. Putting it in more simple terms, you could say that the system “learns”. It uses what is called machine learning. This is a form of artificial intelligence, that analyzes the data, and creates patterns out of the best choices.

The service will permit you to choose between a male or a female voice,
which right now do not sound very natural. They sound pretty much like the voice on GPS navigation systems.

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