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That's WordLens, which Google acquired in 2014, 9 years ago. https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/16/google-has-acquired-quest-visual-the-maker-of-camera-based-trans
by rippercushions 4y ago
That's WordLens, which Google acquired in 2014, 9 years ago.
https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/16/google-has-acquired-quest-visual-the-maker-of-camera-based-translation-app-word-lens/amp/ https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/16/google-has-acquired-quest-...
- pphysch 4y agoDo you have a source that WordLens worked without an internet connection?
- int_19h 4y agoIf it didn't, surely that wasn't a tech limitation? Google Translator itself has had offline translation capabilities for many years now, and Bing had that feature even longer. Offline OCR has been around even longer.
- rippercushions 4y agoYes, offline capability was there since day one. The Android version of Word Lens actually launched last month [June 2012]. All of the features that made the iOS app interesting are available in the Android version, including completely offline translations. https://lifehacker.com/word-lens-for-android-brings-offline-visual-language-t-5924330 https://lifehacker.com/word-lens-for-android-brings-offline-...