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Totally awesome, but there's a big problem. Most of the time when you're in need of translation of text you find like signs, it's because you're in another coun
by rabble 16y ago
Totally awesome, but there's a big problem. Most of the time when you're in need of translation of text you find like signs, it's because you're in another country. That means data is very expensive, because your fancy iphone is locked and roaming.
It's awesome, many people may download it, but it will get very little use. :-\ They should probably charge like $5 or $10 for it, make money on people WANTING to use it, not on them actually using it.
Unless i'm mistaken and it's doing the image processing all locally, in that case, they've got a smash hit.
- ugh 16y agoYou don’t need a network connection. Quote from the iTunes Store: “NO NETWORK required - results appear immediately on your video screen when you need it, anywhere in the world.”
- frisco 16y agoDid you watch the video? Apparently it's all client-side.
- BRadmin 16y agoA slide in the video specifically says: "You need only the phone and world lens. Without connection to internet or costs of network."
- milkshakes 16y agoYes, they're processing it all locally. 0:26 in the video :)
- solutionyogi 16y agoIt said in App description that it does not need network connectivity. To verify this claim, I put my iPhone in 'Airplane' mode and tried the sample paper again. And I can confirm that it works without any network connectivity. Also, the App is free but you have to pay for each language to language translation separately. I think it's a smart move. I may buy 'Spanish to English' for 4.99 if I am going to Mexico. If I end up in France 6 months down the line, I will buy 'French to English' at 4.99. I won't worry about spending 4.99$ but they have successfully extracted 9.98 from me. This is awesome.