Monday, December 20, 2010

10 years ago we called it a science fiction!

But now it is not hard to imagine that translation app (Word Lens App) can be available in iOS devices. The app lets you translate written phrases simply by pointing your iPhone’s camera at them. The app’s optical character recognition technology recognizes the text, which is then translated and shown on your iPhone’s screen instead of the original text. The app itself is free, but you must pay for the individual language packs.

6 comments:

  1. Definitely worth the money if you're traveling to a foreign country. I heard that the translation is unbelievably fast in the video.

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  2. What about its literal translation?

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  3. You won’t be translating a book with it, but it’s great when you need to decipher a sign or a restaurant menu in a foreign language.

    Leena Guha Roy

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  4. Well! But they should incorporate the Google Translate APIs to enhance the translation.

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  5. And you inform them of my concern on behalf of me.....

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  6. Hahahaha! But would it make any difference in terms of literal translation? Literal translation of the app does not take meaning into the account at all, be it iPhone, BlackBerry or Android!

    Leena Guha Roy

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