Stop reaching out for your phone, everything is now happening on your watch. “This week, we’re bringing the best of Outlook to Android Wear. The app also gives users more access to security controls, a worthy good addition from our point of view. Outside of voice dictation, Outlook for Android Wear will feature Skype call scheduling along with Sunrise, Facebook, Evernote, and Wunderlist integration. It will, however, be quite useful due to the ability to use voice dictation to compose a quick reply to your boss or significant other who decides to send an email rather than a text message. ![]() The Outlook app for Android Wear devices won’t be as powerful as the versions for smartphones, but it doesn’t need to be. ![]() Microsoft Outlook is on all major mobile platforms, but what about the wrist? After what seemed like forever, Outlook can now be downloaded and used on Android Wear right now. Your feedback is incredibly important as we explore this new mode of interaction, and we have setup a special forum for you to interact with our team and provide feedback, suggestions, and comments.Home › Outlook › News › Microsoft Outlook app now available on Android Wear Learn more about all of these wearable apps. They join a growing list of Microsoft apps for Apple Watch and Android Wear, including OneNote, OneDrive, PowerPoint, Sunrise, and Wunderlist. Microsoft is releasing the Translator apps together with two other productivity apps for wearables- Yammer and Outlook. The companion apps also let you translate when you don’t have your watch, and supports voice and text translation in all the languages supported by Microsoft Translator. Adjust your device’s settings with companion apps for your iPhone or Android smartphone.Browse your translation history to find recently used words and phrases.Make translation even faster by pinning your most commonly used translations to your screen for easy access.Speak into your watch to get instant translations in all of the languages supported by Microsoft Translator.With the Microsoft Translator apps for Apple Watch and Android Wear you can: By integrating translation capabilities into devices that are instantly on hand (pun intended), we hope to continue to break down the last barrier in human communication- language. With these smart devices, we want to learn how people use the apps and how effective the translation experiences can be. No other type of device allows people to interact with so little physical intrusion from the device itself- PC’s, tablets, and even phones can be occasionally awkward and unnatural in the middle of a conversation. Wearables are a fascinating place to understand user experiences for translation. The new wearable apps we are releasing today are part of this exploration. Like we did with Skype Translator, we have been thinking about how wearable technology might affect language and translation experiences. Most recently we worked closely with our friends in Skype to deliver an entirely new interaction model for translation by enabling long distance real-time speech translation. Today, we have a number of ways in which Microsoft Translator is accessible to our users- on the web, as part of your search experience, through many experiences built by our developer community, via Office and more. Our researchers are continuously looking at the most effective ways to bring down linguistic barriers by solving significant technical and interaction design challenges. The apps let you translate on-the-go without having to fumble for a phone, making translation quicker and easier and making your communication more seamless and personal.You can download the Translator apps for Apple Watch or Android Wear now by going here. Microsoft Translator’s apps for Apple Watch and Android Wear finally make talking with your hands something useful. When you encounter someone who doesn’t speak the same language as you, communication can certainly be a challenge- it often involves a lot of pointing and arm waving. ![]() ![]() Talking with Your Hands Never Made So Much Sense
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |