Machine Translation Bot for Windows Live Messenger

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1. “ The MTBot prototype project was released in May 2007 with the main goal to try to understand how useful machine translation would be in IM conversations. The bot acts as a human translator, participating in conferences and translating messages as they are sent by all parties. As with any prototype effort, do keep in mind that this is experimental and there is a possibility the bot might be offline from time to time. The usual caveats about the quality of machine translation also apply. ”

   By Vikram Dendi

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• Microsoft
• Japan
• Russian
• Vikram Dendi
• Helvecio Ribeiro

1. Softpedia - The MTBot prototype is by all means not a new project from Microsoft. In fact, the project for the Windows Live Messenger machine translation bot debuted quietly in the summer of 2007. To this date the initiative remains nothing more than a prototype ... (Read Full Article)

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