Skype to break language barriers with translator tool

Pol

Skype users soon will be able to expand the list of people they can connect with, says Microsoft, owner of the popular Web-chat tool.

I can't wait for this, I wonder how will they translate English to Filipino language

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/28/tech/web/skype-translator/index.html

Pol

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scottalanmiller

It's unlikely that they will do as well as Google has been doing for years, which is only so well.

Joy

That would be great...But i still doubt it. Its okay to use in single word. But if your going to translate a sentence or Phrase it would not going to translate well.

Bill Kindle

Hmmmm, add another piece of Star Trek tech to real life

For the uninitiated, the computer system on the Enterprise and other Star Fleet vessels live translated thousands of languages from many different species in the galaxy. There's even a DS9 episode where it breaks. I think the episode is called "Sanctuary".
http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Universal_translator

scottalanmiller

Other IM systems have had this for a while.

Reid Cooper

I wonder how it would handle Scottish.

Gabi

@pol.darreljade said:

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/28/tech/web/skype-translator/index.html

With you on this.

English to Spanish and Spanish to English whilst using a translator is the funniest thing.

Joy

@Gabi said:

@pol.darreljade said:

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/28/tech/web/skype-translator/index.html

With you on this.

English to Spanish and Spanish to English whilst using a translator is the funniest thing.

I am a big fan of Spanish language

Pol

@Joyfano Hahaha Indeed. That's why I'm excited about this..