The Skype for Windows desktop app’s real-time translation feature, which allows users to communicate in different languages using voice or text translation, has just been opened up to more ...

Skype’s real-time language translator is impressive already, but it can’t get better without more data. So later this summer, Skype Translator Preview will break out of the Windows Store and become a ...

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Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Skype today announced its latest plans for Skype Translator, which is ...

Star Trek fans know that sometime in the 23rd century, a “universal translator” will automatically translate anything into a person’s native language. Good news, Trekkers: You won’t need to wait.

One of the magical things about technology is how it can break down borders. For communications, especially, you can now text, FaceTime, or chat with someone whether they’re sitting next to you on the ...

In the science fiction series A Hitchhiker’s Guide To the Galaxy, Douglas Adams describes an odd, leech-like creature known as the babel fish, capable of acting as an instant translator for all ...

Microsoft is bringing the dream of the Star Trek universal translator to businesses later this year with the launch of a new beta feature that offers live captioning of Skype for Business meeting ...

Skype has made available to all its first iteration of translation software, which compliments the hugely popular communication service. With 300 million monthly active users around the world it could ...

Skype Translator is one of those technologies that makes you stop and say “woah, future.” A mythical service that can translate your speech in seamless real time, with accompanying transcripts, could ...

Microsoft on Tuesday announced that it has removed the sign-up requirement to try out the feature. I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer electronics, overseeing an experienced team of analysts ...

Skype Translator, Microsoft's real time voice and text translator tool, has been turning Mandarin into expletive-filled English. The glitch, which is being blamed on how the Great Firewall routinely ...