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Google Translate for Android now works with any app

The Google Translate app for Android lets you translate text from one language to another… but up until now if you wanted to translate text from another app, you had to copy and paste it into Google Translate first. Now Google has a new way: Tap to Translate lets you convert text without leaving the […]

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Translate with your phone’s camera: Google Translate adds Word Lens

The Google Translate app for Android and iOS lets you type out words or sentences (or by speaking them) to get translations for dozens of different languages. You can also snap a photo of signs, menus, documents, or other real-world objects to get translations of written text. Now you don’t even need to snap a […]

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Google acquires Word Lens app makers (translate with a camera)

Word Lens makes software that not only lets you translate text by pointing your smartphone’s camera at real-world objects like signs or menus… it actually replaces the text in the viewfinder with text in your chosen language. Now the makers of Word Lens will be bringing their expertise to Google, which means the technology could […]