Skype Translator adds Arabic to its real-time translation tool

Arabic just became the eighth language supported by Microsoft's real-time translation tool.

Skype Translator, which allows people who speak different languages to communicate in real time over Skype, was updated Tuesday with support for Arabic. The new language, like the rest of Skype Translator, is still in preview but is available to anyone who uses the tool

While Arabic has many dialects, the update is adding Modern Standard Arabic, which is the standardized version of the language taught in schools. As with the other Skype Translator languages, the translation you see will change in real time as the other person is speaking. That's because for each word of a sentence that's spoken, the translation software becomes more confident in a sentence's meaning and is able to make adjustments in real time. Read more...