Skype publishes real-time speech translation preview version, what is it?

It took place in May 2014Code ConferencesoAnnounced when Microsoft will release within the yearNew Skype features I was doing "Real time speech translation function"ofPreview version finally releasedIt was done. Skype reveals details of how the new function that translates speech in real time and enables communication between different languages ​​is structured.

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You can check on what function Skype's real time translation function is integrated from the following movie.

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To use Skpe's real time speech translation, select the person you want to call as usual.


Since the call menu is displayed, set "Translation" to "ON".


Choose the language the other's speak and the language to speak.


If you do conversation as usual, OK.


At the same time that the content you talked and the text you translated it is displayed, you will read the translated conversation with robot sound.


A clear explanation of the new functions that enable communication with users around the world in an easy-to-understand manner, the neural network analyzes the conversation and converts it into sentences based on the recorded millions of voice samples.


From the converted sentence, correct the sentence by removing extra words such as "a" and "" that "at the beginning of the sentence".


We translate the modified sentences into different languages ​​using Microsoft Translator.


It converts the translated sentences into speech and reads it with robot sound.


Real time translation function of Skype The preview version corresponds only to Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 preview version, the language to be translated is currently English and Spanish only as an article writing, and it plans to correspond to more languages ​​in the future. However, in the real-time translation function preview version, conversations will be recorded in order to machine learning such as "adapting words between different languages" "differences in speaking style" "correctness in converting from conversation into sentences". According to Skype, the record of the conversation preserves anonymity.