Fotozio, LLC has launched a free iPhone photo translator application called PicTranslator. Although there are now many reasonable to good quality language translation apps for the iPhone available from the iTunes Store, PicTranslator is different as it uses the iPhone camera and turns it into a point-and-shoot translator. Options available to users at present include thumbing through phrasebooks or translation apps that require typing in foreign language phrases in order to get a translation. PicTranslator with its innovative approach has all the trappings of turning into a must-have application for frequent travelers which they can use to readily translate maps, road signs, menus, and the like.
The fact that PicTranslator is very easy to use is an added benefit. All one needs to do is launch the application to take a picture of the text that is required to be translated. Thereafter the image might require some cropping so that the text is placed within the given parameters before hitting the translate button. The image is then sent off to be translated which can take some time during which PicTranslator throws up interesting trivia about the area. In order to get accurate results one needs to ensure a clear picture of the text, for if it is blurry or taken at an angle or say, strong light is reflecting on it then the translation might not be accurate.
Free version of PicTranslator includes one langauge chosen by the user. Other languages can be purchased as in-app purchases. Individually they are priced $ 0.99 and $1.99, while the whole bunch costs $2.99 and includes Spanish, French, German, Russian, Italian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Norwegian Swedish, Turkish, and Portuguese. Some of these languages come with audio pronunciation facility. The developers will be adding more languages in future, and of course the app would get better with more people using it.
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