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It works offline.

by zavi 12y ago

It works offline.

ma2rten 12y ago
Google put it's translation engine into the client? I doubt that.
- cryptoz 12y ago
  They've been able to do offline voice-to-text, for English at least, for the last 1-2 years, so it's possible. But I would tend to agree...seems doubtful that they could have best-in-class real-time translations....offline, right?
  - rancur 12y ago
    and yet that never works for me. the offline bit
- croddin 12y ago
  Yeah it looks like they did: • Word Lens: Just point your camera to a sign or text and the Translate app will instantly translate the text, even without Internet/data connection. Currently available in: English ↔ French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish. (From https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.translate&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and... )
  - Mahn 12y ago
    That's amazing. Major kudos to the Google Translate team if it really does work fully offline.
    - alextgordon 12y ago
      The live video translation was a startup that they acquired ("Word Lens"). It already worked offline so it would be strange if they had removed that feature. I doubt this implies that the Google translation engine has been ported to work offline.
      - magicalist 12y ago
        It does and has for some time[1]. Just switch to airplane mode and try it before asserting this? You have to download the language packs first, but it works. [1] http://googletranslate.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-worlds-languages-in-your-pocket-no.html http://googletranslate.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-worlds-langu...
  - anonymousDan 12y ago
    Does anyone know of any equivalent open source systems for the word lens or audio translate apps? Or even what kind of algs they are using?
- sbrother 12y ago
  The translation quality won't be (anywhere near) as good offline as online, but it works well enough for word lens to be useful without a data connection!
- taejo 12y ago
  The "Google Translate" app has supported offline translation for "pinned" languages for a while now.

It works offline.

by zavi 12y ago

It works offline.

ma2rten 12y ago

Google put it's translation engine into the client? I doubt that.

cryptoz 12y ago
They've been able to do offline voice-to-text, for English at least, for the last 1-2 years, so it's possible. But I would tend to agree...seems doubtful that they could have best-in-class real-time translations....offline, right?
- rancur 12y ago
  and yet that never works for me. the offline bit
croddin 12y ago
Yeah it looks like they did: • Word Lens: Just point your camera to a sign or text and the Translate app will instantly translate the text, even without Internet/data connection. Currently available in: English ↔ French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish. (From https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.translate&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and... )
- Mahn 12y ago
  That's amazing. Major kudos to the Google Translate team if it really does work fully offline.
  - alextgordon 12y ago
    The live video translation was a startup that they acquired ("Word Lens"). It already worked offline so it would be strange if they had removed that feature. I doubt this implies that the Google translation engine has been ported to work offline.
    - magicalist 12y ago
      It does and has for some time[1]. Just switch to airplane mode and try it before asserting this? You have to download the language packs first, but it works. [1] http://googletranslate.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-worlds-languages-in-your-pocket-no.html http://googletranslate.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-worlds-langu...
- anonymousDan 12y ago
  Does anyone know of any equivalent open source systems for the word lens or audio translate apps? Or even what kind of algs they are using?
sbrother 12y ago
The translation quality won't be (anywhere near) as good offline as online, but it works well enough for word lens to be useful without a data connection!
taejo 12y ago
The "Google Translate" app has supported offline translation for "pinned" languages for a while now.