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Google Translate now provides live translation of Japanese text

Google Translate now provides live translation of Japanese text

Google Translate could already translate Japanese text into English from a captured photo, but now the app skips a step, letting you point your camera at signs, menus and other things that might contain printed Japanese words, and get a translation to English on the fly (and vice versa). The feature is available via Word Lens in both the iOS and the Android versions of the Google Translate app.

Discussion

BarbaraEbara #12643
I am a big fan of this. There are many times I travel and can't read signs or words properly. I am not fluent in Japanese and while I do know some, a lot of things I end up reading wrong. I am really loving Google's new technology lately!
RamenRyan #12700
I am going to have fun playing with this! I had an app a few years back that said it did the same but I know it wasn't working. I wasted $5 on it. haha This though, I love how you just use your camera and it translates it like nothing. Very useful!