Skip to main content
Translator

Microsoft Translator Blog

Presentation Translator will be retired soon

The Presentation Translator add-in for PowerPoint is no longer available for download, beginning July 31, 2020. You can use the native translation features of PowerPoint to translate your slides and to add live captioning and subtitling to your presentations. If you have already downloaded Presentation Translator, the add-in will continue to work, however technical support and updates to the service….

No More Button Pushing—Microsoft Translator for iOS Adds Auto Mode for One on One Conversations

Translating one on one conversations just got even easier with the newest update to speech mode in Microsoft Translator for iOS. With Auto mode, there’s no more need to push the microphone button when it’s your turn to talk—just select the languages, turn on the mic, and start the conversation. The app will listen for the two languages and translate….

Applications using the Bing AppID authentication method will stop working in April 2021

If you are using a Bing AppID to access the Translator service, your authentication will no longer be valid after April 15, 2021 and your applications will no longer return translation results. The legacy Bing AppID has been deprecated since September, 2011. Current Azure security policies are more secure than the Bing AppID authentication method. Please transition your applications to….