Umhumushi we-Skype isici esisha esivumela ukuthi sihlanganyele ezingxoxweni nabantu abakhuluma ezinye izilimi. Isibonelo, uma kufanele ngishayele iklayenti eliseChina futhi lingasazi isiNgisi ukuxhumana nami sibonga uMhumushi weSkype sizokwazi ukusungula ingxoxo ngaphandle kwenkinga. IMicrosoft isanda kubuyekeza uhlu lwezilimi esezivele zisekelwa yilesi sici esisha esamenyezelwa yi-CEO yakwaMicrosoft engqungqutheleni eyayihlelwe yiRecode eminyakeni emibili eyedlule. Isevisi uhlobo lobuhlakani bokufakelwa lokho kufaka phakathi ukuqeqeshwa kwamanethiwekhi we-neural wokufakelwa kumanani amakhulu wedatha ukuze kwenziwe ukucatshangelwa ngemininingwane emisha. Ukuthi lo msebenzi usebenza kanjani kunzima ukukuchaza, kepha okubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi kusebenza kahle impela.
Le software isusa omaka bomugqa abajwayelekile abanjengo "um", "ah" ehumusha umbhalo cishe ngasikhathi sinye lapho thina noma okhulumisana nathi sikhuluma. Njengoba imizuzu ihamba, inethiwekhi ye-neural ifunda ngendlela yokukhuluma ngomsebenzisi ngamunye futhi ukuhumusha kwenziwa cishe ngaso leso sikhathi. Ukuba inqubo edinga ukuxhumana komuntu, ijika lokufunda lingahluka kwabanye abasebenzisi. Ngemuva kwezicelo eziningi, uMicrosoft ugcine engeze isiRashiya ku-Skype Translator, engeza ku-8 owedlule: isiNgisi, iSpanish, isiShayina, isiJalimane, isiPutukezi, isiFulentshi, isiNtaliyane nesi-Arabhu.
Ngaphandle kokufika kwamanye amapulatifomu avumela izingcingo zamahhala nezingcingo zevidiyo phakathi kwabasebenzisi, i-Skype iyazi ukuthi ingazivumelanisa kanjani nezinguquko ezintsha zemakethe ngokunikeza inketho okwamanje enikezwa kuphela yinkampani. Kepha iSkype Translator ayihumushi izingxoxo kuphela ngesikhathi sangempela, kepha kusivumela nokuthi siqale izingxoxo nabantu abakhuluma ezinye izilimi, sibonga insizakalo yokuhumusha okuzenzakalelayo ye-Skype, esekela izilimi ezingaphezu kwezingu-50.