From InfoWorld: Microsoft today said that it would add its real-time translation technology to the primary Windows desktop app, giving users of Windows 7 and older editions the chance to test the service.
"We are targeting the end of summer 2015 for the roll-out to begin," said Yasmin Khan of Skype's marketing team in a Monday blog post.
Last month, Microsoft expanded the beta of Skype Translator to all users running Windows 8.1 and the Windows 10 Technical Preview, but required them to download a separate app.
Microsoft has yet to peg a date when it will move Skype Translator out of preview.
Currently, the Skype Translator app handles four spoken languages -- English, Spanish, Italian and Mandarin -- and 50 written languages via Skype's instant message chat function. Microsoft has set a goal of doing real-time translations of nearly three dozen spoken languages, but won't add them until they "meet our quality standard," Khan said.
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