{"id":330,"date":"2015-05-13T21:01:34","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T21:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/ndedtechguy\/?p=330"},"modified":"2015-05-14T12:37:56","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T12:37:56","slug":"skype-can-translate-more-languages-than-i-will-ever-speak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndedtechguy\/?p=330","title":{"rendered":"Skype can translate more languages than I can speak"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_332\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-332\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/ndedtechguy\/files\/2015\/05\/Screenshot.406483.100000-640x360.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-332 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/ndedtechguy\/files\/2015\/05\/Screenshot.406483.100000-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot.406483.100000-640x360\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndedtechguy\/files\/2015\/05\/Screenshot.406483.100000-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndedtechguy\/files\/2015\/05\/Screenshot.406483.100000-640x360-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grandma looks silly with a headset in the kitchen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To be fair,\u00a0I only speak one language unless you count programming languages.<\/p>\n<p>Skype can do real time translation of 4 spoken languages including English, Spanish, Italian and Mandarin. It can translate typed content in real time from a total of 50 languages. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/translator\/faq.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Including Klingon<\/a>. No word on whether Dothraki or high Valyrian are in development.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m pretty amazed by the implications this could have for opening up communication on a more global basis. Of course speech translation is also only as good as speech transcription.<\/p>\n<p>For now, this is also limited to Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.\u00a0No word on availability for other platforms like iOS or OS X.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2015\/05\/skype-translator-preview-now-open-to-all\/\">Skype Translator Preview now open to all<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To be fair,\u00a0I only speak one language unless you count programming languages. Skype can do real time translation of 4 spoken languages including English, Spanish, Italian and Mandarin. It can translate typed content in real time from a total of 50 languages. Including Klingon. No word on whether Dothraki or high Valyrian are in development. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndedtechguy\/?p=330\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Skype can translate more languages than I can speak<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":637,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Skype can translate more languages than I can speak - ND EdTech - EdTech Topics at Notre Dame<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndedtechguy\/?p=330\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Skype can translate more languages than I can speak - ND EdTech - EdTech Topics at Notre Dame\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"To be fair,\u00a0I only speak one language unless you count programming languages. 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