Google Buys Visual Translation App 'Word Lens', Makes It Free for Limited Time
Google has bought the popular iOS and Android visual translation app Word Lens to "incorporate [the] technology into Google Translate's broad language coverage", according to a statement on Quest Visual's website.
The software uses a smartphone camera to translate signs in real time into the users native language. The technology is remarkable and used by many world travelers. Previously, translation packs were available as in-app purchases, but Quest Visual has made all the packs and the app itself free for a limited time.
http://www.macrumors.com/2014/05/16/google-buys-word-lens/
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'I am not in the office': How an automated email reply ended up on a Welsh road sign.
It seemed like a simple request.
Swansea Council sent an email to its in-house translations service to have a road sign - 'No entry for heavy goods vehicles. Residential site only' - translated into Welsh.
The only problem was that the Welsh translator wasn't in at the time. An automated email response was sent to council officials who believed it was exactly what they needed.
But in fact it stated: 'I am not in the office at the moment. Send any work to be translated.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1259745/Welsh-road-sign-error-Swansea-Councils-office-email-reply-ends-road-sign.html#ixzz31yAuiusl
That's aside from other fuck ups.
