Google Acquires Word Lens

If you have not heard of the Word Lens app, it’s probably one you’ll want to download onto your smartphone right away. It is basically a translation app that has the ability to look at signboards and translates the foreign text into English (or other language) for you, so that you will understand what it says.

It’s handy, especially if you’re overseas and you have no idea what the signboards are telling you. Quest Visual, the company behind the app, has announced that they are being acquired by Google, which will incorporate their technology into Google Translate’s board language coverage and translation.

To celebrate this acquisition, Quest Visual has also announced that for a limited time, the language packs are free for download. Previously users had to pay for the language packs (the app itself was free), so if you have yet to check it out, you can hit up the iTunes App Store or the Google Play Store for the download.

Source: ubergizmo.com