Microsoft today started taking beta requests for its Skype Translator, the real-time translation technology and service Microsoft demonstrated earlier this year.

Microsoft pitched Skype Translator as an enhancement of its video chat service that translates both sides of a conversation. In May, the Redmond, Wash. company pledged that it would preview the service this year.

“Skype Translator … [is] still learning and improving the way it translates calls,” Microsoft said on its website Monday. “As such, it’ll have a few rough edges, but the more conversations it translates, the better it’ll get.”

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