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I like the idea of this. I'm curious how well it'll actually work in practice. Will the Glass camera require you to hold everything up to your face?

• dag11 13y ago
  Actually, since the camera currently has no ability to focus (fixed to infinity), it only works well for large type far away. It works best with large signage.
  • hnriot 13y ago
    in my experience, the type of text that meets these criteria is nearly always in english, or doesn't need translation - like street signs, airport signs, bill boards etc. Translation should really be "lookup in my language" - I should be able to lookup with something on a menu says, and what it means, for example. This is where things like Word Lens fails, it just does a word-for-word translation. Take hors d'oeuvres, as an example, translates (word for word) as "out work", which is very unhelpful. There are times when i'd like something that looks at a MWE and tells me what it is, no matter what language it was written in. Like Google does.
  • otaviogood 13y ago
    Yes, it works best with larger fonts. There's not a lot we can do about the focus on the software side unfortunately.