![]() ![]() ![]() In this basic test, Skype did well in the speech-recognition step for both English and Mandarin. Here you go.A: Hmm, that’s not bad.B: There’s nothing in it.A: What do you mean?B: I mean, it’s just coffee.A: I figured that.B: It’s not too bitter for you?A: It’s a little bitter, but it’s okay.Īnd here’s what Skype came up with (remember speaker B’s lines were originally spoken in Mandarin): A: Can I try your coffee?B: When to you.A: That’s not bad.B: There’s nothing.A: What do you mean?B: I mean, there’s only a cup of coffee.A: I figured that.B: Don’t you think it’s too hard?A: It’s a little better, but it’s ok. ![]() Here’s the original: A: Can I try your coffee?B: Sure. To give the translation tool its best chance, we were careful to speak slowly and precisely. We started out with a dead-simple dialogue intended for beginning learners of English. We translated speaker B’s lines to Mandarin to see how close Skype could translate back to the original English.
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