article_snippet: Skype was one of the first firms to make VoIP a mainstream technology, and last year Skype launched a translator.
article_snippet: The beta version of Skype live translation tool lets people speak to others in another language - even if people don’t know what people’re saying.
article_snippet: The new tool then translates speech instantly, providing both text and spoken translations.
article_snippet: The beta version of its live translation tool launched with English and Spanish translations, but Google is looking to add more than 40 languages to the service.
article_snippet: Google also recently added a live translation tool to is Google Translate app and this could be the next step for messaging apps such as Viber and Whatsapp.