When used - and only when the translation feature is used, says Microsoft - the audio call is recorded as its being translated. Skype offers, through its app, a feature called Skype Translator. In the case of Skype calls, this audio data that was overheard by contractors was from translated Skype conversations. Skype calls that were overheard, only came from those using Skype Translator iStock However, Microsoft does offer a way to remove some of this voice data from its servers, and also help users turn off Cortana's access.

Recordings that were translated through Skype (owned by Microsoft) and through Cortana - even over the Xbox - were, in some cases, overheard by contractors. This means that language is no longer a barrier when it comes to communicating with family, friends, clients and colleagues around the world.Cortana is just the latest smart assistant to be caught in a privacy sweep involving Facebook's Portal, Apple's Siri, Amazon's Alexa and Google Assistant. Call on Skype to try out call subtitles or make a regular phone call with subtitles. With Skype’s Universal Translator feature, you can have a seamless conversation with real time translation in 42 different languages.

Full list of languages here: Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, German, Greek, English (UK), English (US), Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Mexico), Estonian, Finnish, French (Canada), French (France), Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese. Use this free call captioning and translation feature to quickly communicate with anyone. NOTE: Skype now supports Ukrainian language on Skype calls and phone calls through Skype.

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