as long as it can show me the meaning of signs saying "exit this way" and "danger, do not enter" in the hong kong subway i will be happy.
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Word Lens Offers Real Time Language Translation
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as long as it can show me the meaning of signs saying "exit this way" and "danger, do not enter" in the hong kong subway i will be happy.
Seriously, in the just last hour this has been all over twitter, Daring Fireball, Giz, prolly engadget, now MR? It's officially Internet Famous.
Just tried the included reverse mode demo, its even better than I expected. It managed to read and reverse my (poor) handwriting. Absolutely brilliant!
How many languages does it support?
Awesome piece! But they should have included some more specs in it like Google goggles, but no doubt this thing has the more sufficient use of camera with better quality results.
Does google goggles have any option of doing translation? Similarly like this App?
Awesome piece! But they should have included some more specs in it like Google goggles, but no doubt this thing has the more sufficient use of camera with better quality results.
Does google goggles have any option of doing translation? Similarly like this App?
Does it handle greek and arabic? Greece and North Africa are places where I get stuck because I cannot actually read the signs (well, greek just takes me ages).
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This is awesome, really puts a spin on things translation wise. Although it gives one less reason to try and learn the culture of the nation your visiting.
What happens if your battery dies when your translating a sign that points to the bathroom
Its use is probably more for frequent business fliers that don't have the time to learn too many things, now once I upgrade my iPhone and they have the Russian package out I'd be really eager to put it to the test
What happens if your battery dies when your translating a sign that points to the bathroom
Its use is probably more for frequent business fliers that don't have the time to learn too many things, now once I upgrade my iPhone and they have the Russian package out I'd be really eager to put it to the test
Dude... This stuff is right out of doctor who! Remember how the tardis translates everything he and his girlfriend sees into english?
Will that fish help me get an handle on your double negative?
Touché
Machines would find it easier to help us if we weren't quite so impefect.
Would azimov's laws of robotics prevent robots working in bars?
The language packs are not free with the app. After all, all software should be free. /wildguess
Just wait until you find yourself in one of those places where it's
Bathroom ->
<- Toilet Paper Vending machine
THEN MOCK THE SIGN TRANSLATOR!
Not surprising, might be beyond (for now) a simple self-contained iPhone app though to have one that is aware of grammar.
Well, for /her/ (and she's not always a girlfriendDude... This stuff is right out of doctor who! Remember how the tardis translates everything he and his girlfriend sees into english?
) and her friends, yeah.For him, it wouldn't
Top 50 languages in a contact lens please. I don't want to have to hold up a phone whenever I need assistance.
I'm giving you 5 years to deliver.
I'm giving you 5 years to deliver.
While I agree with those who noticed this, the amazing this is that the camera can detect and recognize the written words. The actual translation algorithm can always be changed.
I just bought the spanish to english addon for this app and my conclusion is that their demo video is borderline fraud.
Sweet, I've been asking the iPhone translation app developers for this kind of real-time augmented reality translation for a long time now. The standard reply seemed to be that the iPhone processor wasn't good enough, but it looks like Word Lens found a way.
This first iteration probably won't work that great in reality, but now that someone's done it, I look forward to future iterations that can recognize more fonts, be more accurate, and work in more languages. This has the potential to be a must-have app for all people travelling to foreign countries.
This first iteration probably won't work that great in reality, but now that someone's done it, I look forward to future iterations that can recognize more fonts, be more accurate, and work in more languages. This has the potential to be a must-have app for all people travelling to foreign countries.
Impressive
As someone who travels, there are many times when a simple word-by-word translation of something is incredibly valuable. Hell, as a vegetarian, just knowing (or having a pretty good guess) as to whether a menu item somewhere lists 'seaweed' or 'sea urchin' is worth the price of admission.
As someone who travels, there are many times when a simple word-by-word translation of something is incredibly valuable. Hell, as a vegetarian, just knowing (or having a pretty good guess) as to whether a menu item somewhere lists 'seaweed' or 'sea urchin' is worth the price of admission.
