One of the most useful tools for travel is undoubtedly the well-known Google Translator And it is that, in addition to helping the user of Internet to translate into your mother tongue any content of a page or a text, your latest updates for mobiles have made it the most convenient and fastest option for any traveler In it The purchase of WordLens made by Google almost a year ago has a lot to do with it, since its instant translation tool through the camera has landed directly on the app Google TranslateThis is how it works.
Thanks to the latest updates, simply access the application and click on the icon of the camera Now, instead of making a photo and mark the text to be translated, the process is carried out automatically With All you have to do is frame the text you want to translate in the image captured by the terminal's camera. It doesn't matter if it's a restaurant menu, a traffic sign, the title of a movie or the text of an instruction, the Google Translate takes care of know it, translate it and display it on the image with a font as similar as possible to the original. Something like using augmented reality and translating the text on the screen so that the native language appears on the object it's originally on printed.
Don't forget that with this option it is also possible to activate the camera flash to get the application to recognize the letters correctly of the text. In addition, it is possible to pause or take a picture to keep the translation on the screen and be able to move the terminal at will, making it easier to read. Of course, at the moment this translation method only allows you to display translations from English to French, Spanish, Russian, Italian, German and Portuguese and vice versa The good thing is that , by downloading these languages, it is possible to use this feature without Internet connection
The other important option recently updated in this application and really useful for travel is the translation of conversations And this tool allows act as a simultaneous translation between two languagesSomething that was already done more slowly and deliberately, but now allows you to keep the application active in front of a table to ensure that conversations are really fluid and simple
Just access the application and press the microphone icon With this it begins to recognize the first language while speaking Pressing again activates listening for the second language From now on you just have to hold the smartphone nearby to hear both the user in their native language and the other person speaking in a different language. Meanwhile the mobile is listening and translating out loud almost at the same rate as the conversation. Something that offers much more fluid and comfortable chats, without having to wait for the translation of the application and having to read on the mobile screen.Really useful options, although in this case Internet connection required
