Microsoft has announced that its Skype Translator, which can allow people to speak and understand 4 languages in real time, will be coming to computers as an app by the end of July.

"To bring Skype Translator into more peoples lives, today we are happy to announce that the Skype Translator preview technology will be coming to the Skype for Windows desktop app. We are targeting the end of summer 2015 for the roll-out to begin," said Yasmin Khan, Skypes product marketing director.

Skype Translator is a tool that integrates with Skype, a popular VoIP app that allows people to make voice and video calls using internet. With the Translator, according to Microsoft, people can talk to others in four languages -- Italian, Spanish, Mandarin and English. So for example if they you are an Indian and wants to talk to a Spanish person who doesn't know English, you can use the Translator feature. You can speak in English and it will be translated into Spanish in real time.

Skype Translator was first announced in December 2014. It was available to users through a web page. But now with Microsoft coming out with an app, more people will be comfortable using it.

Microsoft has also removed the signup requirement, making it easier for users to access the Translator. The company claims that removal of sign-up process has led to 300 per cent increase in its usage.

The translator uses machine learning and video to aid users.