{"id":5085,"date":"2017-01-25T09:09:26","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T17:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/translation\/?p=5085"},"modified":"2017-01-25T09:09:26","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T17:09:26","slug":"communications-startup-layer-uses-the-translator-text-api-to-connect-world-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/translator/blog\/2017\/01\/25\/communications-startup-layer-uses-the-translator-text-api-to-connect-world-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Communications Startup, Layer, Uses the Translator Text API to Connect World Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\"><a href=\"https://www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/translator/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/01\/layer_feature_2-003.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"637\" height=\"478\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5105 alignright\" alt=\"layer_feature_2-003\" src=\"https://www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/translator/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/01\/layer_feature_2-003.jpg\" \/><\/a>At the <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/events\/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2017\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;font-family: Calibri\">World Economic Forum<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\"> in Davos, Switzerland, last week, the messaging startup <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/layer.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;font-family: Calibri\">Layer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\"> provided tools as part of the Forum\u2019s app to allow world leaders to communicate across the language barrier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">The app allowed 3,000 leaders from 100 different countries to send messages in their own native language &#8212; and the receiver to instantly translate it into his or her native language. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">The translations were powered by the <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/translator\/translatorapi.aspx\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;font-family: Calibri\">Microsoft Translator Text API<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">. Layer said the it only took about four hours to integrate the API into the messaging app.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">Layer is partially funded by <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/microsoftventures.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;font-family: Calibri\">Microsoft Ventures<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">, which invests in startups that are focused on mobile- and cloud-first technologies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">You can learn more about the Layer app and Microsoft Ventures in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.microsoft.com\/next\/2017\/01\/24\/how-a-communications-startup-is-using-ms-translator\/\">Microsoft\u00a0Next blog<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">Learn More:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/translator\/home.aspx\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;font-family: Calibri\">Microsoft Translator for business<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/translator\/customers.aspx\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;font-family: Calibri\">Microsoft Translator customers<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/translator\/partners.aspx\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;font-family: Calibri\">Microsoft Translator partners<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last week, the messaging startup Layer provided tools as part of the Forum\u2019s app to allow world leaders to communicate across the language barrier. 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