AT&T testing an SMS translation technology

Imagine sending a text in Spanish to a non-Spanish speaking person, and the message is automatically translated to English on their device. That is the technology being tested by AT&T right now.

A customer would register their number with a preferred language, and messages that are sent in a different language are automatically translated before they are transmitted to that user's phone. That customer can then respond in their own language and the message is translated back to the recipients preferred language.

Right now, the technology is only handling translations between English and Spanish, but AT&T is already preparing to expand the project to support another six languages. The program is in a working pilot stage, being tested by AT&T employees.

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