Microsoft brings real-time translation to custom apps with Speech Translation API

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Published onMarch 31, 2016

published onMarch 31, 2016

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Microsoft’s artificial intelligence technologies have long powered the Microsoft Translator API in both the Skype and the Microsoft Translator app. Now, Microsoft is expanding on this and is releasing a new version of aMicrosoft Translator APIwhich will add real-time speech translation capabilities to the existing text translation API.

This means that businesses will be able to add speech translation capabilities to their own services and bring a better experience to their customers. Available in eight languages, and spoken in 18 languages, the new version is also the first end-to-end speech translation solution optimized for real life conversations.

This speech translation service can also be used in a numerous amount of situations, both person to person, or human to machine. Examples include personal translation, subtitling, or remote or in person multilingual communications. It even can be used in groups, such as in online gaming chatrooms or real-time presentations such as keynotes.

Nonetheless, the process of translation is very challenging.Microsoft claimsthat it uses the latest AI technologies and that there is no other fully integrated speech solution available in the market today that would support real-life speech translation scenarios.

The full details on how this technology works can be seen below.

If you’re curious about the technology, a free 2-hour trial of the API is available byclicking here.You can also learn more about the API, and also read the documentation by visiting Microsoft’sSwagger page.

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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