Microsoft's AI translation is also available for offline apps

byElaine Smith

There are several translation applications available in the offline environment, but most of the ones with high translation accuracy use the machine learning algorithm which is on the cloud, and in most cases cases can not be used unless it is online. By AIMicrosoft TranslatorAlthough it was one of them, on April 18, 2018, Microsoft announced that Microsoft Translator became available even in offline environments.

Microsoft brings AI-powered translation to end users and developers, you you online or offline - Translator
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/translation/2018/04/18/microsoft-brings-ai-powered-translation-to-end-users-and-developers-whether-youre-online-or-offline/


Application users can download AI implementation offline packs for free, and application developers can introduce AI translations corresponding to online / offline in their own applications. Compared to existing offline applications that do not use AI, the performance is increased by 23% and the capacity is 50% smaller. The corresponding language at the time of article creationIt is limited to "the most popular language", It is planned to be added from time to time.

Microsoft released Neural Machine Translation (NMT), which can be used online, in 2016, and in 2017 it was available for offline use only on certain Android terminals using AI chips. Then,Joint development with Huawei, I made it possible to translate only by terminal CPU without relying on AI chip. At the time of article creation, support for all Android · iOS devices and Amazon Fire devices has been announced, and correspondence with Windows is supposed to be followed.

In addition, in order for application developers to integrate offline compatible AI translations into the application, it is OK simply by adding a simple code. When the application is in the online environment, the translation service on Azure is used ... ....


When the application is in an offline environment, the local NMT offline language pack will translate your app.


Developers can also customize translations to match their own apps. These functions will be available within 90 days after the preview version is released. Detailed contentGitHubIt is open to the public.

For Android applications, it is already implemented, but the iOS application is under review of the App Store and is expected to be released on April 21, 2018.

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