#TEXT TO SPEECH SKYPE WINDOWS 8.1#

So I thought why not integrate it with Bot Builder SDK, so that same bot can text and answer call at same time.

Skype bot calling feature does exist(preview) but the samples which are available are only for simple IVR bot.

^ 'Microsoft Translator brings end-to-end speech translation to everyone with the world's first Speech Translation API'.So over this past weekend, I was dead bored when I got this idea of calling a bot from Skype.

^ 'Skype Translator unveils the magic to more people around the world'.

'Microsoft now speaks 50 languages вЂ“ use almost any device'.

^ 'РџСЂРёРІРµС‚! Skype Translator says Hello to Russian'.

Skype Translator Preview brings real time text and voice translation to your desktop'.

'Can Skype Translator really help you converse in any language? We tested it to see. But the translator is still available only in preview mode'. The translation feature for the Internet-calling service now speaks the languages of Beijing and Rome. 'Skype Translator adds Mandarin and Italian to its repertoire.

^ 'Bienvenue dans la version bГЄta de Skype Translator' (in French).

'Skype shown automatically translating multilingual voice calls'.

#TEXT TO SPEECH SKYPE WINDOWS 8.1#

Microsoft is folding its Skype Translator real-time translation technology into the desktop versions of its Skype apps for PCs, starting with the Windows 8.1 version'. 'Microsoft to integrate Skype Translator functionality into its Skype desktop apps.

^ 'Milestones on the path to Skype Translator'.

'Microsoft Launches Skype Translator Preview.

^ 'Skype Translator: Breaking down language barriers'.

Say 'Hola.' Microsoft seeks to demolish language barriers with a preview of its near-real-time translator technology'. 'Microsoft's Skype Translator Provides On-the-Fly Translations.

^ Hernandez, Pedro (15 December 2014).

'Microsoft Launches 'Skype Translator Preview ''. 'Microsoft to buy Skype for $8.5 billion'. In March 2016, Microsoft Translator announced that the Microsoft Translator API that powers Skype Translator is available as service for businesses that want to add speech translation to their custom apps and solutions. This functionality is available to users following automatic updates to their Skype desktop app. In October 2015, Skype announced that Skype Translator has been integrated into Skype for Windows desktop. In addition, Skype Translator supports Skype Instant Message, which can translate usersвЂ™ instant messages into more than 70 languages supported by Microsoft Translator. The application also features on-screen text transcripts of the spoken phrases in their original language along with the translation. The current version supports speech translation to and from English, French, German, Chinese (Mandarin), Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Japanese and Russian. Users converse in their native languages, and the speech is translated from one language to the other in вЂњnear real-timeвЂќ, with the output translation presented by computer-generated speech synthesis. Skype Translator was built on developments in deep neural networks for speech recognition and Microsoft Translator's statistical machine translation technology. Skype Translator is available as a standalone app and, as of October 2015, is integrated into the Skype for Windows desktop app. Skype Translator Preview has been publicly available since December 15, 2015. Skype Translator is a speech to speech translation application developed by Skype, which has operated as a division of Microsoft since 2018.

Speech to speech translation application by Skype

Text to speech skype