Apps that translate through iPhone camera?
Mar 1, 2014 | 5:29 pm
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Apps that translate through iPhone camera?
Hey experts,
Are there any apps for the iphone that can use the camera to translate Japanese into English?
Thanks.
Are there any apps for the iphone that can use the camera to translate Japanese into English?
Thanks.
Mar 1, 2014 | 6:39 pm
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The key is the text in text data format. After that options abound with Google leading the pack for travelers IMHO.
Mar 1, 2014 | 9:11 pm
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Microsoft has an app that can do camera translations:
http://www.bing.com/translator/phone/
I've tried it out on my Windows Phone - it's pretty cool. Kinda Star Trek-y.
Unfortunately, the only Asian language it supports is Simplified Chinese.
I was hoping something like this existed for iPhone and for Japanese.
http://www.bing.com/translator/phone/
I've tried it out on my Windows Phone - it's pretty cool. Kinda Star Trek-y.
Unfortunately, the only Asian language it supports is Simplified Chinese.
I was hoping something like this existed for iPhone and for Japanese.
Mar 3, 2014 | 2:19 am
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Odd that there aren't any apps for Japanese similar to Bing or these Chinese OCR apps: http://www.theworldofchinese.com/201...-read-chinese/
Kanji recognition should be similar and the kanas are even easier for an app to decipher. Am not a programmer, but definitely a market opportunity in the waiting @:-)
Kanji recognition should be similar and the kanas are even easier for an app to decipher. Am not a programmer, but definitely a market opportunity in the waiting @:-)
Mar 3, 2014 | 6:49 am
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Mar 8, 2014 | 2:12 pm
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Fair disclosure: I'm an Android user, and I'm not sure what Japan Goggles is.
But on my recent trip to Tokyo, I found the free (for Android) Google Goggles to be very useful in translating Japanese text. To be sure, it failed about as often as it succeeded, but even a 50% success rate is better than I could manage with my limited knowledge of Japanese, so I was quite happy.
If Google offers something similar for iPhone, I would expect that it would be just as effective and hopefully also free.
But on my recent trip to Tokyo, I found the free (for Android) Google Goggles to be very useful in translating Japanese text. To be sure, it failed about as often as it succeeded, but even a 50% success rate is better than I could manage with my limited knowledge of Japanese, so I was quite happy.
If Google offers something similar for iPhone, I would expect that it would be just as effective and hopefully also free.