Google's Gboard keyboard can now translate what you type

Google's Gboard keyboard has been receiving a steady stream of improvements, and now it gets even better with embedded translation support.

Google Translate's Word Lens learns Japanese

The ever-impressive Word Lens becomes even more useful with the ability to translate Japanese instantly and visually.

Waverly Lab's Pilot aims to translate conversations in real time

How would you feel about a small earpiece that would allow you to understand any spoken language in the world? That's what Pilot aims to do, bringing us one step closer to the kind of devices we see in sci-fi movies.

Bing Translator App for Windows Phones

If you recall the amazing Word Lens, that was able to instantly transform an image containing text into a new image with translated text - as if you were looking at the world through some "magic" lens; then you won't be surprised by the new Bing Translator App for Windows Phone.

This doesn't mean that Microsoft hasn't done a nice job with this App. It too does the instant translation thing, overlapping "subtitles" over the original image - and that happens in realtime, no need to snap a photo of the texts to translate.

If you have a Windows Phone, the App is free, and it certainly will be of great help to anyone travelling abroad... as long as it has roaming Internet access.



[via thenextweb]

Word Lens for iPhone

If you think reality can beat science fiction, you need to check what Quest Visual has been doing. Theey've just launched an iPhone App that will blow your mind away, and it's called Word Lens.

What if you could point your iPhone camera to any text or sign, and see its text immediately translated?

Sure, there are already several Apps doing similar stuff, like Google Goggles, but not like this. With this Word Lens you don't have to carefully align your camera, wait for the photo to be converted and the text recognized and then translated: you just point it and see the results immediately!

Can you imagine how useful such an App can be, especially if Quest Visual adds languages like Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Hindu, and such? Truly mind blowing!

Word Lens for iPhone [Fixed]

By mistake (my dyslexia making itself noticeable once again) I incorrectly used "World Lens" instead of the correct "Word Lens"; and as Blogger doesn't allow us to correct wrong titles once a post is published, I had no alternative but to write a new post: here's the updated Word Lens post.

Instant Translation

It's no secret sci-fi movies have mastered the art of instant translation decades ago... But it seems we're finally turning it into a reality.

Just check this amazing instant translation system currently being used in Iraq, by Kristin Precoda, a speech translation researcher at SRI International.