Real time translated conversations with Skype Translator

communication
Skype who roll on with the tagline 'We keep people together, wherever they are' are now in the process of creating real time translated conversations to break the language barrier across different countries and various conversations. This idea was initiated over an year ago with many attempts by the Microsoft research team to make this a success story.Chris Wendt, program manager of the Machine Translation team says “We felt speech translation was a very natural evolution of the text-translation work we’ve been doing,” .This technology would help people from various parts of the world to successfully communicate with others thus breaking the language barrier that might hold them back.

The problems that are faced in creating a technology that translates real time conversations as noted is the 'disfluecy', where there are a lot of pauses and unusual utterances while talking and also use of the social media way of talking or the internet slang. We can understand how extremely difficult it will be  to recognize and translate all possible accents and languages, this initiative by Skype is highly appreciable and would find high level of usage in both professional and personal life.

Once these are fixed, the skype translator is scheduled to be made available for windows 8 beta app by the end of this year (2014). 

The Top 5 fun and useful android apps:)♥

5
Now the purpose and usage of the mobile phone is not just calling alone. An android device has become the spell that can sort out all things right. It can cut down your boredom, pressure and tension. There is countless number of apps in the android market. But there are always certain categories of apps that are found most useful.  These apps can also be downloaded from Google play store. Some apps out of them are used every single day. Apart from social networking apps, these are a list of apps that works great!
If you are a person that keeps checklists and makes notes often then these two apps would be a great friend to you. Ever note and wunderlist!
            

Ever note: This is an app where u can take notes, 
record them as audio take pictures and write descriptions. Not only those the contents can be synced with your email. So by this way you will never lose your notes. You can also maintain separate notebooks for different subjects in ever note.


Wunderlist: This is an app that I was recently recommended by one of my friend. This is all same as the ever note notepad. But it stands unique in its own way as we can create checklists. This app has different cool backgrounds for your notepad. If you are a person who does more shopping or keeps forgetting the things to do this app is specially created for you!


Aviary:  this is a photo editor with cool effects and filters. You can edit your pics, add texts, draw, meme, and enjoy! Other than these GO launcher provides cool themes, lock screens, SMS options and others.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:  with this app we can check the meanings of the words that are not known to us. It stands handy when we are in need to look up words in the dictionary. In this we can also save our favorite apps.


 
Google sky map: This is one of the excellent apps. You can watch the sky and gaze at the stars and planets. So enjoy the beauty of sky, sitting in your couch. Sky Map turns your Android-powered device into a window on the night sky.


These apps are a source of entertainment and information. So get on gears, comfort yourself with some cool apps!

Busuu,language learning site....♥

busuu

Bonjour!Everyone likes to know something which others don't know.Standing out of the crowd,thinking out of box are the words that are easier said than done. Learning new language is always special out of those. knowing some language and communicating even the introductory words in that language feels good.on a summer vacation, when i was scrolling down some sites,i came across this website,"Busuu",where we can learn some languages.That's what i knew about it at first.But then when i googled it I got more of positive reviews about the site.So wanting to learn a alien language which is no joke,I selected french.Amazed with how easily i was able to learn the words,as this website thought from step 1 of learning a new language; I gained interest towards it.They use flashcards to teach the words. starting from getting to know the words,the series which you need to follow is dialogue questions, testing the words learnt, and writing.Not only that we get to chat with the native speakers of that language.Earning points for each correct answer that we give, gets learning the language addicting.It's like playing a game. A fun way to learn a new language.It's free for some extent.But we get to know more in this free version. Completing the A1 beginner course in this has gained me a great knowledge in french,which i think i would not have got without such a site.
Bottom line: A fun and creative site to learn a new language."Busuu"
Au revoir