Microsoft shows a new Hologram that translates keynotes into Japanese
1 min. read
Published on
Share this article
Improve this guide
Read our disclosure page to find out how can you help MSPoweruser sustain the editorial team Read more
At Microsoft Inspire partner conference, Microsoft showed a new technology that can translate keynotes with ease. The demo was delivered by Julia White, a company executive for Azure who rendered a life-size replica of herself to deliver her keynote in Japanese.
To achieve this, Microsoft used Azure AI and neural text-to-speech which took recordings of White’s voice to create a personalized voice signature which was identical to White’s voice. This is not the first time Microsoft has created life-size holograms of people but with the help of neural text-to-speech and Azure, Microsoft was able to achieve a perfect voice match.
https://youtu.be/eCseYtBd5_4
Unfortunately, the tech is still new and one will need a good number of expensive gear to replicate this. That said, Microsoft is currently targetting businesses with the HoloLens 2 but we do expect the company to bring the technology to the mainstream users in the future.
