Doraemon's 'transliteration bread' has become a reality

Microsoft has just put the "everyone expected" feature into Skype, applied to all calls to mobile phones or landlines.

"Translated bread" is a wonderful wish in the famous Japanese animation Doraemon, where the cat cat eats bread to be able to understand another language. This is no longer a dream when instant translation technology comes into real life and more.

After two years of experimenting with "internal" calls between Skype-to-Skype , Microsoft has applied the instant translation (translator) function for all calls from Skype to mobile numbers. mobile or landline.

No longer limited to real-time interpreting for documents at the beginning of the test in December 2014, Skype Translator adds "listening" and translating capabilities to Skype versions on Windows computers (desktop ). On mobile, users can use Skype Translator when calling Skype-to-Skype calls.

Skype Translator becomes an instant interpreter even when two users are calling each other in two different languages ​​- (Photo: Skype.com).

Skype Translator's basic activity is to record the entire speech of two people chatting via Skype voice call, translate it into the desired language, record the translation results and then broadcast the content to the other person. When Mr. A speaks English, Skype Translator receives and translates it into Spanish so that Ms. B can understand. Both people do not need to learn each other's language.

However, there will be a delay between conversations but the speed of translation can continue to be improved in the future.

Skype Translator currently supports nine languages, including English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, and Russian. For Skype Translator to "listen" to you and translate it correctly, the team recommends using a headset with micro-phone to reduce noise.

For text (chat), Skype Translator translates back and forth to 40 languages.

This exciting feature is currently only limited to the Skype Preview trial version on Windows computers , requiring users to subscribe to the Windows Insider program and buying Skype Credit or subscriber subscriptions (subscription ).

In addition to Skype Translator, the feature in Skype Preview also sends video messages, recipients can review it when online (online).

In the future, when this experimental feature is applied more officially and widely, Skype will really break the language barrier for everyone. Calls with foreign partners in new markets are no longer a problem for indigenous companies.