Connecting people across continents is old news, but breaking down language
barriers between them is the new goal of services like Skype.
Cooperating with Microsoft’s R&D, Skype has kicked off its Translator
Preview with support for translating conservations between Spanish and English,
and even offers us a video demo of two classrooms communicating using the
technology to show off where they currently are.
The preview program is 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. For now it supports Spanish and English as spoken, and also 40+ instant
messaging languages.
In the demonstration video below, two classrooms in North America use the new
Skype Translator. Students in Peterson School in Mexico City, and Stafford
Elementary School in Tacoma, USA play a game of “Mystery Skype”, in which
the children ask questions to determine the location of the other school.
As they speak, Skype automatically translates between English and Spanish for
them.
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