Most of the developments to Translator up until now had been focused on bringing more languages into the fold, with Mandarin Chinese coming onboard in April 2015 and Arabic debuting earlier this year. The person on the other end of the line will hear a message stating that the call is being recorded and translated through the service, which will be very clear once the conversation begins.

When placing a call, users just need to set their language of choice and the tool will take care of the rest. With the Skype Preview software downloaded and updated, all that's needed to make the international and landline calls is either sufficient Skype credit or a full-on subscription to the service.

Have natural conversations in Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.Windows Insider Program (Opens in a new tab) members (which is free to join and open to the public) will be the first to have access to the new feature.

New features in Microsoft Translator for Android and iPhone Even if you don’t have an Apple Watch or Android Wear smartwatch, you can use your phone alone in split-screen mode. Httpv://“Individuals then speak into their wearable device and receive a translation on their phone, which then can be handed to another person, who can continue the dialogue-creating natural, translated conversation,” said Microsoft. Microsoft Translator app for these platforms were released back in August. It uses the same Microsoft Translator speech translation engine that powers Skype Translator and is optimized for translating full conversations, not just short sentences.

Microsoft Translator app for Android, iPhone, Apple Watch and Android Wear have been updated to support new conversation feature so that it can translate face to face conversations in a more natural way by simultaneously using your smartwatch and phone.

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