{"id":3464,"date":"2016-02-18T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/translation\/2016\/02\/18\/powerful-ai-techniques-help-microsoft-translator-deliver-online-quality-translations-whether-you-are-internet-connected-or-not\/"},"modified":"2016-02-18T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T14:00:00","slug":"powerful-ai-techniques-help-microsoft-translator-deliver-online-quality-translations-whether-you-are-internet-connected-or-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/translator/blog\/2016\/02\/18\/powerful-ai-techniques-help-microsoft-translator-deliver-online-quality-translations-whether-you-are-internet-connected-or-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerful AI Techniques Help Microsoft Translator Deliver Online Quality Translations Whether You are Internet Connected or Not"},"content":{"rendered":"
Today, we are announcing two new features for our Microsoft Translator apps<\/a> for iOS<\/a> and Android<\/a>: a new AI powered on-device translation engine available for Android, and a new image translation feature for iOS that uses state-of-the-art Optical Character Recognition (OCR)<\/a> technology from Microsoft.<\/p>\n Since we launched the Microsoft Translator app for Android last August, one of the key user requests was to support offline translations for situations where Internet access was unavailable or cost prohibitive, such as with international roaming. In adding this request, we wanted to ensure the level of quality for offline translations was as close as possible to that of our online translations.<\/p>\n We are pleased to introduce today the world’s first Deep Neural Network-powered offline engine, available in the Microsoft Translator app for Android. By downloading free offline packs, users can get near online-quality translations, even when they are not connected to the Internet.<\/p>\n Deep Neural Networks<\/a>, also known as Deep Learning, is a state-of-the-art Machine Learning technology that has been in use for almost a year by the popular Microsoft Translator cloud service to deliver high-quality translations to the many experiences that it powers — Microsoft Translator apps<\/a>, Skype Translator<\/a> and Bing.com\/translator<\/a>. By bringing this technology to offline translations on your mobile device, you will have access to the highest-quality offline translation provided. Our standard tests* have shown that it is comparable to the translations you get when connected to the Internet, and significantly better than any offline translation experiences available previously.<\/p>\n This break-through development is tied to broader research within Microsoft around Deep Learning that, in addition to the Microsoft Translator API<\/a>, has led to the Project Oxford<\/a> APIs whose AI capabilities have been demonstrated via What-Dog<\/a> (Fetch), How-Old<\/a>, TwinsOrNot<\/a>, Mimicker<\/a>, and MyMoustache.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n Offline packs for Android are currently available in the following languages, with more on their way soon. Follow us on Twitter<\/a> to hear about new languages as they become available.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
New Deep Neural Network-Powered Offline Language Packs for Android<\/h2>\n