Microsoft is bringing a new innovative service to their Skype users that will help break language barriers. One day language won't be a barricade for people to communicate like Star Trek Captains Picard and Kirk could talk to any alien by their magical sci-fi device universal translator.
Microsoft's new initiative is the first step to break the barrier of language. Microsoft officials have been working to deliver real-time language translation for at least two years. At last, World largest software Manufacturer Company announce their new experimental service, real-time translator from Spanish to English and Spanish.
Initially, the preview available on December 15 is available on devices running Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 Technical Preview, though Microsoft is expected to make it ultimately available across a wide variety of devices and operating systems over time. This preview also is currently available in only in English and Spanish.
Skype's corporate vice president Gurdeep Pall writes on his blog about this service, "Skype is now removing another barrier to make it possible for people to communicate irrespective of what language they speak. ... People will no longer be hindered by geography and language."
To promote the service, Skype used a video of two girls, one in a school in the city of Tacoma, Washington and the other in a Mexico City school. In that video, Skype translates the audio in real time during the conversation between an English-speaker and a Spanish-speaker so that each of the two participants hears a robot's voice translating the other person's words into the appropriate language.
Microsoft is characterizing Skype Translator as "a brand new feature from Skype." The new service translates conversations both ways in near real-time. The service will display an on-screen transcript of the call, and also ultimately will translate instant-message chats in more than 45 languages.
