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for the sake of being contrarian, why all the freaking out? it's cool and all, but it's OCR + translation, two things computers are already pretty good at (not
by brosephius 16y ago
for the sake of being contrarian, why all the freaking out? it's cool and all, but it's OCR + translation, two things computers are already pretty good at (not to mention word lens seems to be doing word-for-word translation, not context-sensitive).
yeah doing it so fast on a mobile device is impressive, but am I alone in thinking this isn't going to change the world?
- atlbeer 16y agoYep. You are looking at a product from it's technical merits only. From a product perspective, I can travel to any country in the world and read the signs on the shop, read menus, or even learn the language since I have an always available translator to help. It makes the world smaller and more accessible. Those things always change the world
- blhack 16y agoIt's doing a lot more than OCR + translation. It's doing OCR + translation very very quickly, on a very limited platform, then re-injected the translated form of the words back into the stream in real time. If I could point my macbook at something and get the same thing, then I might be a bit fascinated...the fact that I can do this with something that fits in my pocket is what is so amazing.