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Introducing Word Lens

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Re: Introducing Word Lens

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Post by colanderman »

staunch wrote: post #41
revorad wrote: post #32

This is one of those times you have to admit it's not ALL about the execution. Good ideas do matter. And they are rare.

And I see the opposite. Anyone could have had this idea, but very few could execute on it. In fact all that will determine whether this is a big success or not is whether the thing really works or not (execution).

No kidding... I was just sitting down to research open-source Java OCR software to do this exact thing on Android. My dreams are dashed but I'm glad someone did it...

Re: Introducing Word Lens

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Post by solutionyogi »

jf wrote: post #12
keiferski wrote: post #9

Very impressive. I'm curious to see how it performs in the wild though -- can it translate signs outdoors just as well as in a studio? I really hope so.

It performs very nicely in the wild. One of the nice things about the "real time" aspect of this app is that you can nudge the phone around until you get a good translation.

Joel, are you associated with the App Team OR just another geek impressed with their technology?

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Post by foresterh »

Even though I have no use for it, I bought the English to Spanish to try it out. I'm blown away and these guys deserve to take away Facebook guy's man of the year award... amazing...

Re: Introducing Word Lens

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Post by Raphael »

macrael wrote: post #25
johndeweese wrote: post #14

(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!

iOS can't play YouTube videos?

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Post by scg »

johndeweese wrote: post #14

(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…

How long was this app in development?

Re: Introducing Word Lens

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Post by zzleeper »

I agree that it's impressive, but the flash video felt like cheating.

For instance, no spanish speaker would EVER say "LO TRADUCE EL TEXTO" (@ 0:20), or "ROPAS OPCIONAL" (@ 0:50). They just picked some words in spanish that made sense when translated, but my guess is that average translation would be much more awful

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