Would you like to do any of the following: 1) Chat to your Cantonese-only-speaking in-laws about your upcoming wedding plans? 2) Verify for certain that the mysterious Portuguese dreamboat you met on Omegle chat actually has a sense of humour? 3) Conduct an international business meeting?
Skype has you covered.
The Microsoft-owned communications app preferred by smug holidaymakers everywhere has now previewed Skype Translator, an add-on premium service which uses adaptable voice recognition technology to translate languages in real time, in an adorable demonstration video showing us what happens when two sets of classrooms – one in Mexico City, Mexico and one in Washington, America – harness sorcery technology to converse with each other in their mother tongues, completely unabated by the language barrier.
