Microsoft AI: Now you can get universal language translator for groups

The app allows groups of people who don't speak the same language to communicate. Science fiction has moved one step closer to science fact, with Microsoft's launch of a universal translator, an application that allows conversations between groups of people speaking different languages to be translated in real time. Using technology based on Skype Translator for mobile and landline calls, Microsoft Translator allows people to have face-to-face conversations in different languages with the aid of an application that immediately translates the speech to text. The application can translate multiple languages at once, as Microsoft demonstrated at its Future Decoded event in London last month. The demo showed three people in a conversation, each speaking a different language: French, English, and German.