Microsoft is testing an artificial intelligence (AI) real-time translation feature in Live Caption for CoPilot+ PCs powered by AMD and Intel chipsets. Announced on Wednesday, the new feature is being previewed with the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview build and is available through the Dev Channel. Additionally, the tech giant is also adding improvements to the real-time translation feature in Snapdragon-powered CoPilot+ PCs. Additionally, the company has also fixed some bugs in the Recall feature, which was released in preview earlier this year.
Microsoft is testing real-time translation in Live Caption
In a Windows Blog post, the tech giant announced that the new AI feature is being released on the Dev Channel with Windows 11 Insider Preview build 26120.2705 (KB5050636). Microsoft previously launched real-time translation in Live Caption on Snapdragon-powered CoPilot+ PCs, but it was not available on AMD and Intel-powered chipsets. With this update, select users will now get the ability to test the feature and share feedback with the company.
Real-time translation in Live Caption
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Real-time translation will allow users to translate audio from over 44 languages into English. The translated audio will appear as subtitles at the bottom of the screen. The feature can provide real-time translation from video calls, recordings, and streamed content. It uses Microsoft’s Copilot and the native large language model.
Notably, to use the feature, users need to set their device language to English. Although this feature can translate audio from multiple languages, it cannot translate from English to other languages.
Snapdragon-powered CoPilot+ PCs also get feature improvements. The real-time translation feature will now be able to translate audio into Chinese (Simplified) language.
Additionally, this feature also supports translation from Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, English, Estonian, Finnish, France, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese Will do. Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovene and Swedish languages.
Additionally, the recall feature is undergoing some improvements. Users can enable or disable the feature from “Turn Windows features on or off.” Microsoft also highlighted that if users see a message that says “Make sure Recall is saving snapshots”, while the settings page for Recall shows that snapshot saving is enabled, they may need to reboot the device. The problem will be solved.
