Word Lens translates printed words in real time on your iPhone. Can our jet packs be far behind? Developed by Quest Visual, Word Lens is an augmented-reality translation app that uses your phone's ...

Google on Wednesday said that it has updated its Google Translate app to include Word Lens, a technology acquired last year that can read signs in various language and translate them to and from ...

Android/iOS: Word Lens, the app that can translate the words and language it sees in real time, is free to download today. Google has purchased Word Lens' parent company, Quest Visual, and their first ...

Word Lens for the iPhone is one of the most amazing apps we have ever seen. Take a look at this, but put down any hot liquids first. It's an augmented-reality, OCR-capable translation app, but that's ...

The Word Lens app hit the Apple App Store last week to a lot of hype. There's a justification for the hype: Word Lens uses character recognition to instantly translate text it sees. The words appear ...

In January, Google integrated the “Word Lens” feature into the Google Translate mobile app with support for 7 languages. “Word Lens” translates large printed text when you place the camera in front of ...

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Microsoft today launched its Bing Translator app for Windows (including Windows RT). We don’t usually write all that much about Windows apps, and translation apps aren’t exactly new, either, but it’s ...

Microsoft has updated its Translator app to allow for real-time two-way conversation in different languages. All you need is a smartwatch and smartphone. The technology is based on the same ...

The benefit of a smartwatch is that you can keep your phone in your pocket when you’re out and about. With the recent release of the Microsoft Translator app, you can now leave your phone alone the ...