At present, you only have the option of English in Zoom which is transcribed. But after the introduction of this feature, now if anyone talks in other language too, then you will be able to read its translation easily.
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Video conferencing app Zoom has signed a definitive agreement to acquire German startup Kites Karlsruhe Information Technology Solutions to bring real time machine learning based translation on the platform. With the help of this, now anyone’s language can be understood with the help of translation. At the moment it is only for English.
Kites is a start-up dedicated to developing real-time machine translation (‘MT’) solutions. Its team of 12 researchers will help Zoom’s engineering team to advance the field of machine translation, with the help of which users using different languages during the June meeting will be easily translated.
Welchami Sankaralingam, President of Product and Engineering at Zoom, said in the statement, “We are constantly looking for new ways to bring joy to our users and improve our products. Machine translation solutions will be instrumental in growing our platform for Zoom customers around the world.”
Know what is Kites
The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed in this regard. Kites was founded in 2015 and has academic roots with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, where co-founders Alex Weibel and Sebastian Stacker are faculty members. He said, “We know Zoom is the best partner for Kites to help us further our mission. We are excited to see what comes next under Zoom’s incredible innovation engine.” Stalker and the rest of the Kites team will remain in Karlsruhe, Germany, where Zoom is keen to invest in developing the team.
Zoom is exploring the possibility of opening an R&D center in Germany in the future. Weibel will become a Zoom Research Fellow, a role in which he will advise on Zoom’s MT research and development.
(with IANS input)
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