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title: Skype’s Real-Time Language Translator – Star Trek-Style — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/skypes-real-time-language-translator-star-trek-style/
date: 2014-05-28
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# Skype’s Real-Time Language Translator – Star Trek-Style

Peter Lee, Microsoft Research corporate vice president, shares insights and a sneak peek into the Skype Translator, derived from decades of research in speech-recognition, automatic-translation, and machine-learning technologies.