The pair talked for several minutes and covered more obscure topics like Indian food and London's geography, the software translating the speech largely without a hitch. Heinrichs then responds in German, with the software repeating her words and providing subtitles in English. Pall started by greeting Heinrichs in English, his speech recognized by the software and repeated in German accompanied by subtitles underneath. Invited on stage by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Skype vice president Gurdeep Pall held a video call with a German-speaking Microsoft employee Diana Heinrichs. Microsoft demonstrated the technology at the Code Conference in Palos Verdes, California on Tuesday night. The company has unveiled Skype Translator, an application for its chat software that translates speech between different languages in (almost) real time.
Not content with enabling free, cross-continental video conversations, Microsoft has now moved to break down language barriers and make conversing with our international friends even more convenient.
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