Okko in Speech » Chrome http://www.okkoblog.com Working with speech and language technology Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:37:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Microsoft Windows Live Messenger Translation Bot http://www.okkoblog.com/2008/09/08/microsoft-windows-live-messenger-translation-bot/ http://www.okkoblog.com/2008/09/08/microsoft-windows-live-messenger-translation-bot/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:50:00 +0000 Okko http://okkoblog.com/blog/?p=40 In the wake of Google’s release of its Chrome web-browser, speculation on plans for Chrome on other platforms, including Android have drifted ashore. Naturally this has washed aside much recent IE8 news, which, though not a game-changer, is said to introduce many of the much-needed improvements everyone has been looking for from Microsoft.

In light of the browser war raging, a little add-on for Microsoft’s Live Messenger may not stir many waters, even if it promises real-time chat translation between English and 14 other languages. However it is still refreshing to read about technology, which is geared at opening channels of communication, rather than capturing market shares.

What are Google’s plans with Chrome and Android viz. Microsoft IE on Windows Mobile? Will Microsoft leverage its non-browser language services such as translation and speech recognition like Google has been?

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