The tutorial provides a step-by-step guide on building an English to Shakespearean translator using SMS and PHP, leveraging the Twilio API for sending and receiving SMS messages. The project requires setting up a development environment with PHP 7, Composer, Twilio credentials, FunTranslations API, and ngrok. A function is created to translate user input into Shakespearean language, which is then sent via Twilio's webhook feature. Ngrok is used to make the webhook accessible through a public URL from localhost. The final step involves hooking the Twilio number to the newly created webhook, allowing users to send SMS requests that are translated into Shakespearean language.