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I've found niche uses for Yandex; translation specifically, which can do OCR on images you upload to it. Google translate won't do that, last I checked. If a

I've found niche uses for Yandex; translation specifically, which can do OCR on images you upload to it. Google translate won't do that, last I checked. If anybody knows of an alternative, I'd like to hear about it.

charcircuit 5y ago
Google translate's mobile app supports it along with realtime translation from your phone's camera.
- baud147258 5y ago
  what option exists to have that functionality on a computer?
  - alphabetting 5y ago
    you can right click in Chrome on any image for Google lens https://lens.google.com/search?p=ASQ0Rg3fjG6zLfDe_EcGm4W9cTifW7UdFi6J5p4UtgSITgB5BjcQ3-XvoXOevp481RbQ-xKmgot00X_-i45-QFvxUnw7kSU-ttJrkgLfTL4aYetCG4g6YBRp-xZ8NMzINT1n_EC4FyOKmQaZIgMVkV9aDNWyP04DPag5mrGl3ICWs_e78BcyCZDcUbRoxz_HWYC325YWnB08lQC_DNhRk1LxL0OXhipxKbeSkarrWlMJrDK5qkqBy8SA6u5ApeDfadyn7U6SCRtQ-bMe4swKw_dlP5vFVBobrIz698CnA7ClKeI6AE2xlQ%3D%3D&s&ep=ccm#lns=W251bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsIkVpWUtKRE5oT1dJeE9HSmxMVGcxWVRJdE5EWTFaQzA1WVRneUxXRTVZVE5tTURsall6VTFPUT09IixudWxsLFsiYXV0byIsImVuIl0sbnVsbCwzXQ== https://lens.google.com/search?p=ASQ0Rg3fjG6zLfDe_EcGm4W9cTi...
verdverm 5y ago
The Google Translate app has OCR and translation overlay, both live and static. Pretty slick imho
- RobertMiller 5y ago
  I'm aware of that, but it's not suitable for me. I'm looking for this functionality on my real computer, not my phone.
  - namibj 5y ago
    Google Lens may be accessible via the web-version of Google Photos. I know that has OCR functionality with at least easily-accessible translations (iirc not overlayed on the image, though). Not sure if Google Lens is accessible outside of the app, though.
    - alphabetting 5y ago
      it's one click away in Chrome on any image example here from a letter written by an Estonian elementary school kid https://lens.google.com/search?p=ASQ0Rg3fjG6zLfDe_EcGm4W9cTifW7UdFi6J5p4UtgSITgB5BjcQ3-XvoXOevp481RbQ-xKmgot00X_-i45-QFvxUnw7kSU-ttJrkgLfTL4aYetCG4g6YBRp-xZ8NMzINT1n_EC4FyOKmQaZIgMVkV9aDNWyP04DPag5mrGl3ICWs_e78BcyCZDcUbRoxz_HWYC325YWnB08lQC_DNhRk1LxL0OXhipxKbeSkarrWlMJrDK5qkqBy8SA6u5ApeDfadyn7U6SCRtQ-bMe4swKw_dlP5vFVBobrIz698CnA7ClKeI6AE2xlQ%3D%3D&s&ep=ccm#lns=W251bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsIkVpWUtKRE5oT1dJeE9HSmxMVGcxWVRJdE5EWTFaQzA1WVRneUxXRTVZVE5tTURsall6VTFPUT09IixudWxsLFsiYXV0byIsImVuIl0sbnVsbCwzXQ== https://lens.google.com/search?p=ASQ0Rg3fjG6zLfDe_EcGm4W9cTi...
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CamperBob2 5y ago
Not too long ago, Yandex's Latin translation feature was leaps and bounds ahead of Google's. Just as one anecdata point. You can still access Yandex in Firefox, it just won't show up as a supported provider choice.
jtriangle 5y ago
Their reverse image search is also often more useful than anyone else. Google in particular has gone downhill as of late, not entirely sure why. My gut says that their indexes were purged at some point.
- AdvancedCarrot 5y ago
  To be fair I've found that yandex's reverse image search has declined in quality too. I don't think it's a matter of indexes being purged so much as a deliberate crippling of the service to make it less useful to potential bad actors.

charcircuit 5y ago

Google translate's mobile app supports it along with realtime translation from your phone's camera.

baud147258 5y ago
what option exists to have that functionality on a computer?
- alphabetting 5y ago
  you can right click in Chrome on any image for Google lens https://lens.google.com/search?p=ASQ0Rg3fjG6zLfDe_EcGm4W9cTifW7UdFi6J5p4UtgSITgB5BjcQ3-XvoXOevp481RbQ-xKmgot00X_-i45-QFvxUnw7kSU-ttJrkgLfTL4aYetCG4g6YBRp-xZ8NMzINT1n_EC4FyOKmQaZIgMVkV9aDNWyP04DPag5mrGl3ICWs_e78BcyCZDcUbRoxz_HWYC325YWnB08lQC_DNhRk1LxL0OXhipxKbeSkarrWlMJrDK5qkqBy8SA6u5ApeDfadyn7U6SCRtQ-bMe4swKw_dlP5vFVBobrIz698CnA7ClKeI6AE2xlQ%3D%3D&s&ep=ccm#lns=W251bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsIkVpWUtKRE5oT1dJeE9HSmxMVGcxWVRJdE5EWTFaQzA1WVRneUxXRTVZVE5tTURsall6VTFPUT09IixudWxsLFsiYXV0byIsImVuIl0sbnVsbCwzXQ== https://lens.google.com/search?p=ASQ0Rg3fjG6zLfDe_EcGm4W9cTi...

verdverm 5y ago

The Google Translate app has OCR and translation overlay, both live and static. Pretty slick imho

RobertMiller 5y ago
I'm aware of that, but it's not suitable for me. I'm looking for this functionality on my real computer, not my phone.
- namibj 5y ago
  Google Lens may be accessible via the web-version of Google Photos. I know that has OCR functionality with at least easily-accessible translations (iirc not overlayed on the image, though). Not sure if Google Lens is accessible outside of the app, though.
  - alphabetting 5y ago
    it's one click away in Chrome on any image example here from a letter written by an Estonian elementary school kid https://lens.google.com/search?p=ASQ0Rg3fjG6zLfDe_EcGm4W9cTifW7UdFi6J5p4UtgSITgB5BjcQ3-XvoXOevp481RbQ-xKmgot00X_-i45-QFvxUnw7kSU-ttJrkgLfTL4aYetCG4g6YBRp-xZ8NMzINT1n_EC4FyOKmQaZIgMVkV9aDNWyP04DPag5mrGl3ICWs_e78BcyCZDcUbRoxz_HWYC325YWnB08lQC_DNhRk1LxL0OXhipxKbeSkarrWlMJrDK5qkqBy8SA6u5ApeDfadyn7U6SCRtQ-bMe4swKw_dlP5vFVBobrIz698CnA7ClKeI6AE2xlQ%3D%3D&s&ep=ccm#lns=W251bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsIkVpWUtKRE5oT1dJeE9HSmxMVGcxWVRJdE5EWTFaQzA1WVRneUxXRTVZVE5tTURsall6VTFPUT09IixudWxsLFsiYXV0byIsImVuIl0sbnVsbCwzXQ== https://lens.google.com/search?p=ASQ0Rg3fjG6zLfDe_EcGm4W9cTi...

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CamperBob2 5y ago

Not too long ago, Yandex's Latin translation feature was leaps and bounds ahead of Google's. Just as one anecdata point. You can still access Yandex in Firefox, it just won't show up as a supported provider choice.

jtriangle 5y ago

Their reverse image search is also often more useful than anyone else. Google in particular has gone downhill as of late, not entirely sure why. My gut says that their indexes were purged at some point.

AdvancedCarrot 5y ago
To be fair I've found that yandex's reverse image search has declined in quality too. I don't think it's a matter of indexes being purged so much as a deliberate crippling of the service to make it less useful to potential bad actors.