Lost in Translation? Not Anymore with the Word Lens App

Angela Skinner Mullen

The most annoying thing about traveling in a place where you don’t speak the language is not being able to do the simplest things – like reading street signs and menus.

The new Word Lens App for iPhone uses the phone’s camera as a way to translate printed text from Spanish to English, or English to Spanish.  Just hold up your phone, point the camera at the text, and it instantly translates it for you. No need to connect to the Internet – the app does it all.

Now available for iPhone’s only, but an app apparently  is in the works for Android, WinPhone, and BlackBerry users in the future – along with more languages.

Check out the video – you have to see it to believe it!

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Spanish to English — $4.99
English to Spanish — $4.99
Download Word Lens for iPhone or iTouch now.

– Angela Skinner Mullen

Angela Skinner Mullen
Angela leads a caffeine-fueled life chasing her kids around town. She holds degrees in Communications and Marketing, and worked in marketing management in both publishing and technology fields before going freelance. While some think she is obsessive-compulsive about correct usage and grammar, she prefers to think of herself as paying great attention to detail. She lives in Southern California with her husband, two kids, two cats, a frog, and a very large dog. Most likely to be found working from a Coffee Bean in Los Angeles, laptop on and latte in hand.

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