Picture-Taking Translations With the Word Lens App
Summer Luu — December 19, 2010 — Tech
References: itunes.apple & technabob
The magical Word Lens app translates text visually with optical character recognition using just a smartphone and its camera.
The app can also spell words in reverse or even erase words from a picture. The translation isn’t perfect, but it sure is an innovative and easy way to translate foreign text. Currently only two language packs exist -- Spanish to English and English to Spanish -- but you can bet that this app will definitely take off with traveling tourists in foreign countries.
The app can also spell words in reverse or even erase words from a picture. The translation isn’t perfect, but it sure is an innovative and easy way to translate foreign text. Currently only two language packs exist -- Spanish to English and English to Spanish -- but you can bet that this app will definitely take off with traveling tourists in foreign countries.
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1. Visual Text Translators - The trend of using visual text translators, like the Word Lens app, is disrupting traditional language translation methods by providing an innovative and easy way to translate foreign text using just a smartphone and its camera.
Industry Implications
1. Translation Services - The translation services industry is being disrupted by visual text translators as they offer a more convenient and efficient solution for translating foreign text.
2. Tourism - The tourism industry is experiencing a disruptive innovation opportunity with the rise of visual text translators, as these apps provide a convenient tool for traveling tourists to translate foreign text in real-time.
3. Mobile Technology - The growing trend of visual text translators is creating new opportunities in the mobile technology industry as smartphone cameras are being utilized for innovative language translation applications.
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