Skype Translator currently supports English, Spanish, Italian, and Mandarin, allowing anyone to translate speech real-time through a Skype video call or via instant messaging. Microsoft says it ...

Skype Translator will translate pretty quickly. If you’re someone who “ums” and “ahhs” and pauses between phrases, your sentence will appear in little chunks, which can be annoying as hell.

Skype Translator, Microsoft's Star Trek-style real-time speech translation tool, is being rolled out to the masses today as part of the Skype for Windows app.

Skype Translator’s text translations rely on the Bing Translator algorithm. On most of the tests that have been done by various other people so far, Google Translate offered better translations ...

Surprisingly, Skype Translator does better with longer sentences, thanks to the extra context clues. Nova’s explanation of how frequently she uses Skype Translate came through without a hitch.

Microsoft launches Skype Translator preview on Windows 8.1, vowing to break down language and cultural barriers. by Todd Bishop on December 15, 2014 at 8:26 am December 15, 2014 at 10:22 amTodd ...

Skype Translator is also proving to be a helpful tool for people who are hard of hearing. In the blog post, Khan related the story of Microsoft researcher Ted Hart, who happens to be deaf.

How to have a real-time video conference without speaking the same language. — -- Skype Translator has made a huge stride closer to its goal of allowing everyone in the world to be able to ...

Microsoft is currently limiting Skype Translator to an invite-only beta for Spanish and English speakers, to help the company analyze and improve its translation techniques before a broader rollout.

My Skype Translator conversation with poor Dalia, on the other hand… *Editor’s Note: Given the technical difficulties above, I’m not sure if I spelled Dalia’s name correctly.

Microsoft is folding its Skype Translator real-time translation technology into the desktop versions of its Skype apps for PCs, starting with the Windows 8.1 version.

But Skype Translator did it. Whether you call it a Star Trek Universal Translator or Babel fish, Microsoft is building it, and it's incredible. 116 Comments Comments Forum view.