<s>
Skype	B-Protocol
Translator	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
speech	O
to	O
speech	O
translation	O
application	O
developed	O
by	O
Skype	B-Application
,	O
which	O
has	O
operated	O
as	O
a	O
division	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
since	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Skype	B-Protocol
Translator	I-Protocol
Preview	O
has	O
been	O
publicly	O
available	O
since	O
December	O
15	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Skype	B-Protocol
Translator	I-Protocol
is	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
app	O
and	O
,	O
as	O
of	O
October	O
2015	O
,	O
is	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
Skype	B-Application
for	O
Windows	O
desktop	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Skype	B-Protocol
Translator	I-Protocol
was	O
built	O
on	O
developments	O
in	O
deep	B-Algorithm
neural	I-Algorithm
networks	I-Algorithm
for	O
speech	O
recognition	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Translator	I-Application
's	I-Application
statistical	B-General_Concept
machine	I-General_Concept
translation	I-General_Concept
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
converse	O
in	O
their	O
native	O
languages	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
speech	O
is	O
translated	O
from	O
one	O
language	O
to	O
the	O
other	O
in	O
“	O
near	O
real-time	O
”	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
output	O
translation	O
presented	O
by	O
computer-generated	B-Application
speech	I-Application
synthesis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
Skype	B-Protocol
Translator	I-Protocol
supports	O
Skype	B-Application
Instant	O
Message	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
translate	O
users’	O
instant	O
messages	O
into	O
more	O
than	O
70	O
languages	O
supported	O
by	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Translator	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2015	O
,	O
Skype	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
Skype	B-Protocol
Translator	I-Protocol
has	O
been	O
integrated	O
into	O
Skype	B-Application
for	O
Windows	O
desktop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
functionality	O
is	O
available	O
to	O
users	O
following	O
automatic	O
updates	O
to	O
their	O
Skype	B-Application
desktop	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2016	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Translator	I-Application
announced	O
that	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Translator	I-Application
API	O
that	O
powers	O
Skype	B-Protocol
Translator	I-Protocol
is	O
available	O
as	O
service	O
for	O
businesses	O
that	O
want	O
to	O
add	O
speech	O
translation	O
to	O
their	O
custom	O
apps	O
and	O
solutions	O
.	O
</s>
