“Participants are all clearly notified as the call begins that their conversation will be recorded and used to improve the quality of Microsoft’s translation and voice recognition services.” “Skype Translator records conversations in order to analyse the scripts and train the system to better learn each language,” explained Mo Ladha and Chris Wendt, two of Microsoft’s research managers in a blog post. The more people use the preview the more data the Skype team will have to improve the translation. Microsoft hopes that the system will break down language barriers, although the accuracy of its translation will be vital if it is to be relied upon to speak in a foreign language. It can understand speech and then rapidly translate it into another language before using text-to-speech systems to speak the translation back to the user, or in this case the other party. Skype Translator is part of Microsoft’s artificial intelligence research relying on machine learning and deep neural networks, much like Google and Apple’s voice assistants. A demonstration of Skype Translate in the classrooms of American and Mexican children.
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