Watson commercial version now comes with translation, speech-to-text and text-to-speech modules.
Such modules apply deep-learning algorithms to the set of tools available to developers using Watson.
If not necessarily avant-garde, this makes clear that recent developments in machine learning techniques are bound to a more wide-spread use sooner. Built-in APIs let developers a handy use of deep learning ‘skiping’ the full journey of statistical and computing learning curve.
btw, you can also try Watson’s Personality Insights serivce on your won (or other’s) texts.