Which languages does PicTranslator support?
Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish. Italic languages support pronunciation of the foreign text so you know how to say what you see.Follow us on Twitter for our latest language announcements.
Any tips for making PicTranslator more accurate?
There are three things you can do to improve PicTranslator's accuracy:First, make sure you're cropping out everything except the text you want to translate. After you take a picture, PicTranslator will ask you to crop the image by moving the bubbles on the corners of the picture so that only the text you want to translate is visible.
Second, take a great picture. It’s best to take pictures straight on, not from an angle. Also, watch out for shadows or glare over the text and make sure the picture is in focus.
Third, upgrade your camera lens. Camera quality greatly affects the accuracy of PicTranslator. Since the iPhone 3G S has a pretty nice camera, PicTranslator can usually read pictures taken of small and medium size text taken with it. The original and 3G iPhones, on the other hand, take fuzzy pictures of small text and should probably only be used with large text and signs.
If you're looking for a camera upgrade you can either grab a 3G S iPhone or, for far less $, you can get an external lens like the one in the Clarifi iPhone case.
Note: It's worth mentioning, handwritten text or text using highly "decorated" or intricate fonts aren't supported today. Follow us on Twitter and we'll be sure to let you know when we make some progress in these areas.