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Bringing AI translation to edge devices with Microsoft Translator
In November 2016, Microsoft brought the benefit of AI-powered machine translation, aka Neural Machine Translation (NMT), to developers and end users alike. Last week, Microsoft brought NMT capability to the edge of the cloud by leveraging the NPU, an AI-dedicated processor integrated into the Mate 10, Huawei’s latest flagship phone. The new chip makes AI-powered translations available on the device….
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Microsoft Translator Adds Tamil as a Supported Language
Microsoft Translator is excited to announce the launch of our latest text translation language: Tamil. Tamil is spoken by over 70 million native speakers throughout the Indian subcontinent and around the globe. Whether you’re using the Microsoft Translator apps, add-ins, or API on Azure, the addition of Tamil helps break the language barrier of communication worldwide and within the Indian….
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Give your customers fine-tuned translations with the Microsoft Translator Hub API
You can now use the dictionary feature of the Microsoft Translator Hub API to give your customers fine-tuned translations, rather than the default translations generated by the Microsoft Translator Text API. Using this feature, you can edit any content translated by Microsoft Translator, and then redeploy the new, fine-tuned translations to your customers. To use the dictionary feature of the….
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VIDEO: Microsoft Translator Facilitates Multilingual Conversations in the Classroom
In July 2017, a group of Chinese students visiting the University of Washington stopped by the Microsoft AI and Research offices to learn about Microsoft Translator’s speech translation technology – specifically the Translator live feature and Presentation Translator for PowerPoint. Will Lewis – Principal Technical Program Manager for Microsoft Translator, and former professor at the University of Washington – walked….
Presentation Translator Helps with Classroom Learning Through Live Captioning
On May 9th, 2017, Microsoft Research hosted talks given at the Redmond campus, titled “Access and Understanding in the Classroom: How Deaf Children Learn (or not)”. This video contains snippets of those talks with live captioning using Presentation Translator, a Microsoft Garage project – demonstrating how the live feature provides accessible content for people who are deaf or hard of….
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Presentation Translator, a Microsoft Garage project, Translates and Subtitles Live Presentations
Today, Microsoft Translator launches Presentation Translator, a Microsoft Garage project. This PowerPoint add-in translates and subtitles live presentations, displaying subtitles directly on a presentation in any one of more than 60 supported text languages. In addition to translated subtitles, audience members in the room can follow along with the presentation in their chosen language using their own phone, tablet, or….
Dictate, a Microsoft Garage project, uses Microsoft Translator technology
Yesterday, the Garage launched a new project: Dictate – a Microsoft Office add-in that transcribes speech to text using Microsoft Translator’s speech translation technology. Key features: • Highly accurate speech to text transcription • Supports 29 spoken languages • Real-time translation to 60 languages • Commands like “new line”, “stop dictation” and “enter” to give more control while dictating….
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Presentation Translator, a Microsoft Garage project, Demonstrated at Build Conference
At Microsoft Build 2017 today, Harry Shum, Executive Vice President of Microsoft’s AI and Research Group, demonstrated Presentation Translator, a Microsoft Garage project. Presentation Translator is an add-in for PowerPoint that translates and subtitles live presentations. As a presenter speaks, the add-in displays subtitles directly on a PowerPoint presentation in any one of more than 60 supported text languages.….
Marlee Matlin Tests the Microsoft Translator Live Feature for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing
Actress Marlee Matlin – known for her Oscar-winning performance in Children of a Lesser God and recurring roles on The West Wing, among other performances – visited the Microsoft AI and Research offices in November 2016 to discuss how the Microsoft Translator live feature could assist those who are deaf or hard-of-hearing in situations where a sign language interpreter isn’t….
Translator for Outlook add-in now available for MAC
In February, the Office Global Service & Experiences (GSX) team released the Translator for Outlook add-in, showcasing the launch of Outlook Mobile add-ins. While this was developed, and released outside the normal feature process, given the enthusiastic response from early users, the team wanted to share the announcement more broadly to the Outlook for Windows, Mac, and web audiences, and….
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