Translate Printed Text in Android

Google Goggles means you'll never be left scratching your head and wondering what a foreign word means.

Take Snapshot

Open up the Google Goggles app and select the Snapshot action menu. You will then be taken to the camera on your android smartphone. Now you need to point your phone at the word or phrase you want the app to translate for you

Get Specific

In the bottom-right corner of the next screen, you will see a region of interest button. Tap on this and it will allow you to draw rectangle box around specific word. Use this to highlight a word or phrase and press the shutter button to move on the next step.

Scanning

The app will then take a photograph of the text that you have pointed your smartphone at. It will begin scanning the text before looking for a suitable match. In our example, 'Soupe a l`oignon' has been correctly translated back to English as 'Onion Soup'.

Translation

When you tap on the translated result, you can not only see the translation on a full page, but Google Goggles will also perform a web search, looking for entries which relate to that word or phrase. The copy option will retain the phrase in the phone's memory.

 

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