This looks so magical and incredible I can't believe it'll work reliably in the real world. If it does, wow.
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Introducing Word Lens
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#52This is one of those times you have to admit it's not ALL about the execution. Good ideas do matter. And they are rare.
I disagree. There is a comment higher up suggesting that this app could change the way people live their lives. I read this and it occurred to me that this was likely true. With the caveats if they market it correctly, if they handle competition correctly, if they expand and the proper pace, etc.
The creators will likely see a payoff from this whether or not they do any of these things correctly. But the magnitude of that payoff is entirely dependent on those ifs and the difference between executing correctly and not is humongous.
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#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
you'll have to download and try it :)
You will admit that those sample cards are hand picked to be well suited to the application right? High contrast, quality printing, large fonts, etc.
The only thing I noticed is that it translates the text to all caps, and the slides were all caps, so you didn't notice anything in the video. But that's really not material; to obsess over that is missing the point that it translates text in real time between human languages using a camera.
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#54(hola, i'm john deweese, one of the creators) good to hear the early positive response, and we look forward to your insightful feedback (support@questvisual.com) -- mention this site so we pay some extra attention. i hope this app will be nice and disruptive, and we'll be looking carefully at what people expect and how they actually use it. it's a platform, and we're really excited about the directions it opens up. t…
Please port it to the Android platform!
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#55Re: Introducing Word Lens
#56(hola, i'm john deweese, one of the creators) good to hear the early positive response, and we look forward to your insightful feedback (support@questvisual.com) -- mention this site so we pay some extra attention. i hope this app will be nice and disruptive, and we'll be looking carefully at what people expect and how they actually use it. it's a platform, and we're really excited about the directions it opens up. t…
Have you guy's explored at all how difficult mandarin translations will be? If it is possible this would be a huge market for you.
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#57Wow.
I downloaded the app, bought the Spanish -> English pack, and tried it with some simple phrases in a big TextEdit window on my monitor. It flickered a bit, but I expected that from a monitor. It got them right.
Big deal, common phrases are easy -- I could just buy a phrasebook. Then I tried a random phrase from the Spanish version of "Dive into Python":
Una función, como cualquier otra cosa en Python, es un objeto.
A function, as any other thing in Python, is a object.
As soon as a French -> English pack is released I'll buy it, even if it's $100.
This is the kind of thing that would make it possible for me to move to Montreal. I love that city, but don't know French. I could learn, but it would take time and I'd be lost like a baby gazelle on the Serengeti while I learned.
This app could ease the process of moving to an entirely different country. That's amazing.
Hello, future, it's nice to see you.
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#58(hola, i'm john deweese, one of the creators) good to hear the early positive response, and we look forward to your insightful feedback (support@questvisual.com) -- mention this site so we pay some extra attention. i hope this app will be nice and disruptive, and we'll be looking carefully at what people expect and how they actually use it. it's a platform, and we're really excited about the directions it opens up. t…
You should register wordlensapp.com or something of the like. I'm not sure hosting nothing but the app promotion on a site with a completely different URL is beneficial.
With such a product, you should perhaps brand yourself more on your product than your company name. :)
Just throwing it out there.
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#59(hola, i'm john deweese, one of the creators) good to hear the early positive response, and we look forward to your insightful feedback (support@questvisual.com) -- mention this site so we pay some extra attention. i hope this app will be nice and disruptive, and we'll be looking carefully at what people expect and how they actually use it. it's a platform, and we're really excited about the directions it opens up. t…
Definitely put up a non-flash version of your promo video on your website; your target audience won't be able to watch it, as is!
"... Definitely put up a non-flash version of your promo video on your website ..."
Agree I can't read it, pretty simple request.
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#60The product seems amazing, but they are somehow cheating in the video.
The signs (in Spanish) have grammar mistakes, but they are automatically translated to correct English sentences. I have a few examples:
- The third sign says "Lo traduce el texto", but that sentence doesn't make sense. It should be "Traduce el texto" or even "Se traduce el texto".
- 'Ropas opcional' sounds strange to me, although it may be accepted in some countries.. It should be something like 'Ropas opcionales'.
I tried both examples in Google, Bing and Babel Fish and the results were OK, so I don't think that Word Lens translator is very accurate.
"Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will
the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to
apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke
such a question."