Skype is bringing real-time translation to all calls — even on old school rotary phones

Skype Translator has expanded beyond the webcam and broken free of its app, the company announced in a blog post. With a new update, you'll be able to call people around the world and have your conversation interpreted instantaneously — even if they're using the last remaining rotary phone still in service.   

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The real-time verbal translation tool, which debuted as a preview back in 2014, had been previously limited to Skype-to-Skype calls. With the latest version of Skype Preview, conversations between a Skype account and mobile phones or even landlines will now be accessible for the verbal translation.   Read more...

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