Google Translate now translates from photos
Google is much more than a search engine Something that has Proven for a long time with a full range of applications plus One of them has just been updated to be even more useful. This is Google Translator, a service that went from the web page to smartphones in the form of an application and that now has its version 2.5 In it we find a new and surprising function that allows translate photographed text , something that helps us to save time
In this way, we have a single application with a complete translation tool that is already capable of indicating what means an oral sentence, written by us or photographed With which Translator from Google It is the perfect application for travels abroad It also has an updated visual aspect to the latest versions of the operating system Android, and surprises with its agility and fluidityIn the driving. And it just takes a few seconds to translate any question.
In this version 2.5 The most striking novelty is, without a doubt, the possibility of translating the photographed text Something that is not only useful, but also fast And with this function we can capture a sign, poster, portion of a web page, etcof whatever language it is and comfortably translate it into our language. With this we avoid the step of writing the words that we do not understand in the application, and much more if they use characters completely different from those of our alphabet.
To use this function, all you have to do is start the application and click on the camera icon in the bottom bar of the screen. With this, the lower section of this same screen shows what captures the lens of the camera. Thus, all that remains is to focus on the text that you want to translate and click on the area to make the captureOnce immortalized, underlining the parts of the photograph that you want to translate, whether they are single words or whole phrases , the translation in our language appears, or in the one we want, at the top.All this almost instantaneously.
But it's not the only novelty in this update. Now it is also possible to choose between different dialects to dictate to the application what you want to translate. In this way, from the menu Settings we can choose the Spanish of different countries so that the recognition and, therefore, the translation is as similar as possible Also, now it is not It is necessary to write the entire sentence and press Translate, since the translation is carried out as we type the words , saving us time of use.
In short, an update that makes faster and more useful this tool. An application that cannot be missing from the phone of a traveling user.For now, the translation from photo function is only available in the app for Android devices , which can be downloaded completely free from Google Play Users of iPhone and iPad will have to wait for a next update, although it has not been officially confirmed.