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Paul_Heery 05-18-2014 02:26 AM

Word Lens app
 
This is one of the neatest uses of technology that I have experienced in quite some time.

On Friday, Google finalized their acquisition of Quest Visual. Quest has an app called Word Lens that is available for iPhone, Android & Google Glass. Word Lens translates printed words from one language to another with your smartphone's video camera, in real time.

I watched the video posted below and was a little skeptical about their demo. So, I installed the app on my Android phone and tried it out. I was very impressed. IRL, the translation was not always as smooth as what is presented in the demo, but it was not far off. I could see how this would be a great app for Google Glass

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/h2OfQdYrHRs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2OfQdYrHRs

GH85Carrera 05-18-2014 05:42 AM

That is cool. It would be great to use on vacation in a foreign country.

NY65912 05-18-2014 12:04 PM

Amazing.

motion 05-18-2014 01:33 PM

It works really well. We're using it in Rio right now. It actually works even better than this image implies.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1400448795.jpg

Bill Douglas 05-18-2014 01:47 PM

Motion. You need to do a Motion in motion thread with lots of pics.

motion 05-18-2014 01:51 PM

Naw.... I'll get attacked for having small attachments :)

UconnTim97 05-18-2014 03:08 PM

That is cool.


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