[technology taskforce] Skype Translator Preview kicks off with English and Spanish languages

[Dev Anand Teelucksingh]

Indeed, well, Skype is owned by Microsoft.

Dev Anand

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 7:29 PM, Judith Hellerstein <judith at jhellerstein.com
> wrote:
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>  Hi Dev,
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> It seems it does not work with Macs :-(
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> Judith
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> On 12/15/2014, 2:16 PM, Seun Ojedeji wrote:
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>  Great to hear there is now something more official....it used to be
> third party extensions in the past [1].
>
>  Thanks for the update
>
>  Cheers!
> 1. http://skype-translate.soft32.com/
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> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 7:51 PM, Dev Anand Teelucksingh <devtee at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>>
>> http://blogs.skype.com/2014/12/15/skype-translator-preview-an-exciting-journey-to-a-new-chapter-in-communication/
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>>  "Today, we are excited to announce the first phase of the Skype
>> Translator preview program. The preview program will kick-off with two
>> spoken languages, Spanish and English, and 40+ instant messaging languages
>> will be available to Skype customers who have signed-up via the Skype
>> Translator sign-up page and are using Windows 8.1 on the desktop or device."
>>
>>  There's a video of it in action with two schools one in the US and one
>> in Mexico.
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G87pHe6mP0I
>>
>>  One can register for the Skype Translator Preview at
>> http://www.skype.com/en/translator-preview/
>>
>>  There is also a Infographic describing how Skype Translator works:
>>
>> http://news.microsoft.com/download/presskits/skype/docs/SkypeTranslatorInfo.pdf
>>  and associated technical blog post and video at
>> http://blogs.skype.com/2014/12/15/skype-translator-how-it-works/
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>>  Kind Regards,
>>
>>  Dev Anand
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