New
version of Google Translate will bring the ability to decipher words in images
and better speech recognition.
The next build of Google Translate will
reportedly help users translate spoken words instantly as well as use their
smartphones camera to translate text in images, according to a report.
Android Police reports that the new version of
Google's translation app adds features courtesy of Google’s acquisition of Word
Lens, an application that instantly translates words and signs by simply
pointing the phone’s camera at them. The internet giant is about to include
this functionality in Google Translate that will allow users to quickly
translate menus, signs, directions and any other pictures containing text in a
foreign language.
The conversation mode of Google Translate, which
allows two users speaking two different languages talk in real-time, will get
even easier and faster with the new update. According to reports the updated
Android app will be constantly listening for both languages being spoken, and
automatically translate them. The current version of Translate requires the
user to manually select each language in sequence.
The Live Translate in Google Translate will work
only with some languages, including English, Italian, French, German, Russian,
Portuguese and Spanish initially. The app allows you to translate from and to
English but doesn't have the functionality to translate say from German to
Russian yet. The report doesn't mention when the new version of Google
Translate will be rolled out, but users can try out this functionality in the
original WordLens app, which can be downloaded free from the Google
Play Store. Read: Google acquires travel app maker Jetpac, hints at integration
with Google Maps
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