How To Translate A Photo Using Google Translate?

You can use the Google Translate App and overcome language barriers and experience the world through new eyes.

The Google translate app is an incredible tool that can translate over 80 languages from a photo that you can take with your phone! This amazing technology is a must have for travelling to any foreign country and a useful tool for translating everything from menus, sign posts and helping you to communicate with anyone who doesn’t speak your language.

Understanding and getting used to the full functionality of the app is not always easy, especially when you first try to use the app but this helpful guide will allow you to get off to a flying start from day one.

You should consider downloading the Google Translate App if you are let’s say from a non-English speaking country and are planning to visit Philadelphia. You will be able to translate street signs and read the descriptions at historic locations in you preferred language.

Key Features of the Google Translate App.

The Google Translate app is the Babel fish of our times and with so many features you’ll be amazed at what’s possible with this handy tool.

• Instantaneous Photo Translations. Take a photo of the foreign text and let the app translate it into your chosen language. The translation is immediate and operates across 50 languages, including English, Spanish, French, Italian, Arabic, Hindi, Vietnamese, Chinese as well as many others.

• Real time translation allows you to point your camera at the text of 38 different languages and the app will translate it for you on the screen. This is less accurate than if you take a picture but it is great for quick translations of sign posts and other structurally simple texts.

• The app will automatically detect the language and translate it for you so even if you aren’t sure whether it’s Chinese of Vietnamese you’re looking at, the app will take care of it for you.

• The Google Translation App can also translate text in over 100 languages. To use this feature you need to type the text into your phone and it will quickly give you a translation.

• The Google Translate App works independently of Wi-Fi so you can use it even when you have no signal which can be very helpful if you are off the beaten track.

• The app can recognize handwriting in 93 languages. To use this feature you can draw the letters onto the smartphone screen and it will translate them into your chosen language. This can be very helpful for communicating with people who speak a different language, in a hotel, train station or elsewhere while you are travelling and need directions, help or questions answered.

• The app also has a phrasebook feature where you can save useful words and phrases for future use. This is a very valuable tool if you are studying to learn a new language.

How to use the Google Translate App.

The App is easy to use and has a great interface that has recently been upgraded to fix a bug that occurred with the real time translate feature that caused the image to blur. However, today it is working well. The app can also remember recent languages that you translated and will give you the option of re-selecting them, although it can identify new languages as well. The app is similar to the Google Photo Search tool, which I use also.

• You can load the photo that you have already taken with the text in it and translate using the app. You can also use the photo feature in the app itself, take a photo and translate the text in the photo. For certain languages you can translate just by pointing lens of your device on the text. You do not have to take a photo.

• Tap the App to Hear the Sounds: On the left hand side of your phone app you will see an icon that you can tap and it will read the translation out loud. This is an amazingly useful tool for learning new languages or if you are unsure of the correct pronunciation of the words. The speak aloud option is available on all Operating Systems and is one more feather in the cap of this incredible app.

• Auto Detect the Language: If you are unsure of the language then the app can auto detect it for you! This can be a very useful tool especially if you are trying to communicate with somebody who is speaking a different language. They can literally write using their finger onto the screen of your phone and the app will translate their words into your own language! This also applies for the written word, so if you were travelling in South America where people speak both Spanish and Portuguese the app will immediately identify what the language is and translate it for you in an instant.

• Neural Machine Translation: The Google Translate App uses state of the art artificial intelligence to power its tools. The Neural Machine Translation technology was originally developed in MIT but has since been improved by Google’s research team. This new technology can produce much more natural linguistic translations and has managed to reduce the errors in previous software by up to 80%.

The App has had a face lift.

The new version of the Google Translate App has recently undergone corrective surgery and has a much easier to use interface. Before it underwent improvements the app would flicker on your screen while it translated the text in live time which made the final text difficult to read however that has been ironed out and the app is now working smoothly now. The user interface has also been improved to be more intuitive and helpful.

The Google Translate App – 21st Century Babel Fish.

The Google Translate Photo App is an amazing resource that you can have on your phone and take with you anywhere. It will help you explore new countries while you travel, communicate with people who speak different languages and read signs and menus that you otherwise would not have been able to. The app has been recently upgraded and with more upgrades in the pipeline the app will be able to translate even more languages in an instant. This incredible, artificial intelligence powered app is such a powerful tool that you just can’t overlook it with its incredible ability to bring the world together in common understanding.

Have you used the Google Translate Photo App?

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