NTT DOCOMO introduces automatic mobile language translation service for conversations and signage

Japan’s largest mobile carrier is about to launch the world’s first commercial service for language translation of conversations and signs between Japanese and other languages.Earlier this year in June we reported that NTT DOCOMO was conducting a tri…

NTT DOCOMO introduces automatic mobile language translation service for conversations and signage

Japan’s largest mobile carrier is about to launch the world’s first commercial service for language translation of conversations and signs between Japanese and other languages.Earlier this year in June we reported that NTT DOCOMO was conducting a tri…

Google Translate App for Android devices handles language translation of photo text images

Google has introduced the ability to translate pictures of words using optical character recognition (OCR) in its updated Google Translate Android app.Back in April we brought you a story about Word Lens, an innovative mobile tool by Quest Visual that …

Windows Phone Translator helps fill the smartphone language gap

Bing and Microsoft research level the playing field with the launch of Translator, a smartphone translation app for use on Windows Phone.So many mobile device translation apps, so little time. What is one to do? Well move over iPhone geeks and Android …

Word Lens: live instantaneous machine translation without the internet

Innovative mobile tool translates words inside of images in real-time without the need for an internet connectionIf you’re a frequent international traveler you may find this interesting and useful. Let’s say you’re at a restaurant in…