At a conference organized by Re / code, CEO of Microsoft, Nadella Staya, spoke Skype Translator, a product under development at Microsoft should completely eliminate language barriers between two parties. Indeed, it proposes to translate and subtitle the conversations, which allows each partner to use their native language. This happens in real time or almost.
Skype Translate could be available within a few years. But a private beta could happen as early as 2014 Microsoft. Could make a pay option, like video conferencing on Skype option which eventually became free . We also know that the firm Redmont considering making this interesting feature available on all media.
Obviously, we are entitled to ask whether this system is reliable or not. Although they are essential, current translation services often present some hazards. Added to this is the accuracy of speech recognition. All this to say that the technical challenges are many.
This video is a demonstration given at the conference Re / code, in which an English Microsoft employee talking with another who is German. You to judge the quality of my conversation.
We can already assume that within a few years, when Skype Translate is available, other players such as Google and Apple will be on the field.
In the voice area, also recall that Cortana , integrated voice recognition service and support via the cloud will soon be available on Windows Phone 8.1 smartphones.
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