Need help reading a sign-board or a restaurant menu in a foreign country? The upcoming version of Google Translate aims to see you through your language woes.
According to a recent leak by by Android Police, Google is working on an updated version of Google Translate, which will not only help you translate spoken words, but will also let you use your camera to translate text in images. The website highlights that the feature comes after Google acquired translation app Word Lens by Quest Visual. The app provides users an instant translation of any portion of text in an image. Looks like Quest Visual’s special augmented-reality based technology has been put to use in Google’s Translate products, presumably across platforms. More.
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