The MTBot Prototype was released in May 2007, by the Microsoft Research Machine Translation Team. This technology, makes it possible to combine Machine Translation Technology, with Instant Messaging. Windows Live Messenger users can now use this IM Bot, to not just translate; It also NOW speaks! The MT Bot can presently speak in English and Spanish only!

To use this Bot, just add MTBot-en_us@hotmail.com to your contact list, and send it one of the following messages:
- Hello: activates the bot to translate from English to any of the available languages
- Hallo: activates the bot to translate from German to either English or French
- Oi: activates the bot to translate from Portuguese to English
- 你好: activates the bot to translate from Chinese Simplified to English
- こんにちは: activates the bot to translate from Japanese to English
It will then display the list of languages it can offer its services in. Choose the one which you want.

Link: WinVistaClub


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Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by sorlag on 18 Mar 2008 - 22:48
Wow very impressive
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by toadeater on 19 Mar 2008 - 00:18
Seems like a good idea in theory, but how does it work in the real world?

e.g Min luftputebåt er full av åler!
Quote this comment #2.1 Posted by sorlag on 19 Mar 2008 - 00:23
What?
Quote this comment #2.2 Posted by morphen on 19 Mar 2008 - 10:44
hehe, it translates to; "My hovercraft is full of eels"
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by stylemessiah on 19 Mar 2008 - 01:47
Does this work by intercepting your IM chats, hmmm dont know if id want Microsoft or any other company involved in anything i say online, its bad enough that evil google tracks you online....
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