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Google on Wednesday said that it has updated its Google Translate app to include Word Lens, a technology acquired last year that can read signs in various language and translate them to and from ...

Android/iOS: Word Lens, the app that can translate the words and language it sees in real time, is free to download today. Google has purchased Word Lens' parent company, Quest Visual, and their first ...

Microsoft has updated its Translator app to allow for real-time two-way conversation in different languages. All you need is a smartwatch and smartphone. The technology is based on the same ...

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Microsoft today launched its Bing Translator app for Windows (including Windows RT). We don’t usually write all that much about Windows apps, and translation apps aren’t exactly new, either, but it’s ...

Word Lens is one of those apps that grabs your attention the first time you see it in action. Created by Quest Visual, it is an iPhone-based optical character recognition (OCR) application used for ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. Need to translate languages on the fly? One option is ...