Word Lens: Important Leap in the History of Translations

Word Lens: Important Leap in the History of Translations

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After news circulated about Word Lens at May 17, 2014: Tech giant Google has bought reportedly the Word Lens Quest Visual maker, to boost its Translate feature; Suddenly, World Lens became headline news in the world of technology.

Before further explanation from us, see the video below :

What is in your mind after seeing the video? Of course, something incredible has been created. Only by doing shoot a picture, you get a new image that has been translated, really unbelievable.

What exactly and who develop the Word Lens?

Word Lens has been developed by Otavio Good, a former video game developer and the founder of Quest Visual; John DeWeese, who previously worked on the Electronic Arts game Spore, and programmers Maia Good, Bryan Lin, and Eric Park. They are the ones with the genius idea of creating the translator tool Word Lens.

Word Lens is an augmented reality application that recognizes printed words using its optical character recognition capabilities and instantly translates these words into the desired language.

According to its description, Word Lens is best used on clearly printed text and was not designed to translate handwritten or stylized fonts. This application was created to help tourists understand signs and menus, and it is not 100% accurate. The developer Otavio Good commented: "I will be the first to say that it's not perfect, but perfect was not the goal". However, testers who took the app to other countries said it had been useful.

At the release on December 16, 2010, only English-to-Spanish and Spanish-to-English were supported, but other language dictionaries were planned, with European languages expected first. English-to-French and French-to-English were released on December 14, 2011. In 2012, English-to-Italian and Italian-to-English were added, followed by English-to-German / German-to-English and English-to-Portuguese / Portuguese-to-English in 2013, and English-to-Russian / Russian-to-English in 2014.

How you can use Word Lens?

Word Lens requires iPhone 3GS+, iPod Touch with a video camera, iPad 2+, or any iPad Mini. In 2012, Word Lens was released for a selection of Android Smartphones. In 2013, Word Lens became available for Google Glass, even though Google Glass itself is not yet freely available.

You want to try to use? You can download it on iTunes or on Google play.

Google Docs, Sheets and Slides is Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Google Docs, Sheets and Slides is Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

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Google Docs, Sheets and Slides Apps for IOS is Microsoft Office Rival

What are Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides?

Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides are productivity apps that let you create different kinds of online documents, work on them in real time with other people, and store them in your Google Drive online - all for free. You can access the documents, spreadsheets, and presentations you create from any computer, anywhere in the world. (There's even some work you can do without an Internet connection!) This guide will give you a quick overview of the many things that you can do with Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides.

Google launched Google Docs, Sheets and Slides apps for iOS on Wednesday to challenge Microsoft Office for iPad.

Standalone Google Docs and Sheets and apps are available to download now from the iTunes Store, with a Slides app set to arrive later in the year.

Until now, iOS users had to make do with a Google Drive app for viewing and editing Google Docs.

Now Google Docs, Sheets and Slides apps for iOS is Microsoft Office rival.

These apps arrive just a month after Microsoft Office for iPad, as Google looks to challenge its rival in the productivity suite market. With Microsoft's Word, Excel and Powerpoint apps requiring a Microsoft Office 365 subscription, Google might just manage to do that, with its stanalone apps being made available for free.

Google product manager Brian Levee said in a blog post on Wednesday, "Every year, phones and tablets get better, and more of you are starting to use your mobile devices not just to view, but also to create and edit content. "While the Drive app is a convenient place to store your stuff, we want to make it easier for you to quickly find, edit and create documents, spreadsheets, and presentations on the go." Much like the Drive app, the Google Docs, Sheets and Slides apps display a user's most recently edited files first, and the apps allow users to collaborate on documents at the same time.

There's also an offline mode, allowing users to view and edit their files without an internet connection. "Now, if you have a brilliant idea for a best-selling novel while traipsing through the Amazonian rainforest (or you know, something more probable, like during flight takeoff)... no problem.

You can jot down your idea in the Docs app on your phone, even when you're offline," Levee added. Google's new standalone productivity apps are also available on Android devices, of course, and are free to download from the Google Play store.

So clear with google doc, sheet and slide, we can not need to install software locally on your hardware, simply browse to the address you enter:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/document
https://docs.google.com/presentation
and we can enjoy from anywhere.