Microsoft launches a feature to translate group conversations
In Microsoft they have been looking for a new direction for some time and working on various projects to find the key to their future. One of these jobs is that of its translator, which has evolved step by step to create a quite capable service, albeit in the shadow of the Google tool Now surprise everyone with a function that allows you to translate conversations comfortably and effectively. Group chats where language is not a barrier to communicate with each other.
This is a new feature of its translation service that is available both in its web version and for the applications available on Android , iOS and, of course, Windows Phone With it it is possible to create group conversations up to 100 people and begin to communicate, each in their own language, but receiving translated messages in each case. All this completely automatically, and adding other useful functions such as voice recognition and its transformation into text
The idea is simple, although its usefulness can be somewhat limited Simply create the group by entering a username (can be a nickname) and the language in which you want to speak.With this, Microsoft Translator is already in charge of generating the conversation and an alphanumeric code that serves key so that other users can access the same chat. Thus, if the user has not created the conversation, but has one of these codes, all you have to do is access the function and enter it, along with the name and language, to participate in an already created chat.
The next step is, plain and simple, talk Of course, at the moment this function only recognizes nine languages spoken to convert voice to text, although it is always possible to type each message, since in this case there are up to 50 languages available
The application automatically takes care of carrying out all the translations. In this way, each user can speak or write in their own language. Microsoft Translator recognizes each phrase or voice message and translates it into the different languages of each participant in the conversation so there are no barriers to communication.
To do this, Microsoft Translator uses deep neural networks to analyze each word and understand it in context, which offers a translation according to each situation. In other words, translations with natural language and not mechanized or robotic that isolates and translates each one of the words. All this thinking of each one of the languages that the participants set when creating or accessing the conversation.
In short, an amazing tool that Microsoft suggests using in guided tours, classes or conversations with people from anywhere in the world. You just have to have your mobile in hand, acting almost as if it were a simultaneous translation for the whole group. Microsoft Translator is available free both on Google Play as in App Store and Microsoft Store, plus to have a web version
