Microsoft Translator app now works offline and with your camera

Feb19

by Sindy Cator on February 19, 2016 at 11:46 am

Microsoft has released an update for its Translator app on iOS and Android that gives each version a different new feature. Android users now have an AI-powered translations engine, which works offline. To get started though, users need to download the additional free language packs first, which are available in French, German, Chinese (simplified), Italian, Russian, Polish, Vietnamese, Spanish and Portuguese. While it’s not perfect, Microsoft says the offline mode offers “near online quality” right now by using its first Deep Neural Network-powered engine. This is the same technology that Skype uses for its live in-call translations. Meanwhile, iOS users can now…