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Holy smokes, when is the Chinese version going to be available?
Let me know if you need help with a Portuguese version, seriously.
Agree with some of the other comments that their logo and site design could use a boost.
Killer idea, love it.
(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…
Or anyone for that matter. Make a business, be king of the world. You deserve it.
Wow. Just Wow. I had to put the App to test. Printed some simple English words and tried it out. Original paper: http://imgur.com/EYsko What the App shows in REALTIME: http://imgur.com/FhaSW Comparison with Google Translate: http://imgur.com/GOd94.jpg [EDIT: Note, Translating Muerto Fin to English in Google Translate, does result in 'Dead End'. Can any Spanish reader clarify why the original Google Translate chose to…
On the other hand, "muerto fin" has NO meaning in spanish, (and that's what you get when you translate word for word without context).
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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...
I admit I was just thinking about reading foreign language books and translating some parts, this app takes it much further.
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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?
I've known about this application for a long time, Otavio showed me an early prototype of this running on his laptop over a year ago. I'm ecstatic that they finally released it.
(I'm also happy that I was able to get their story on HN before TechCrunch :D)
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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?
Wow. Just Wow. I had to put the App to test. Printed some simple English words and tried it out. Original paper: http://imgur.com/EYsko What the App shows in REALTIME: http://imgur.com/FhaSW Comparison with Google Translate: http://imgur.com/GOd94.jpg [EDIT: Note, Translating Muerto Fin to English in Google Translate, does result in 'Dead End'. Can any Spanish reader clarify why the original Google Translate chose to…
Because "dead end" means "callejon sin salida". That's the correct translation (callejon = road, sin salida = w/out exit). On the other hand, "muerto fin" has NO meaning in spanish, (and that's what you get when you translate word for word without context).
E.g.
[Search Term] -> [Interpretation]
New York -> New York city
New York Times -> The news paper
New York Times Square -> Famous tourist spot in NYC.
There were other examples in the article. I will try to find that article and link it up.
I think Google should buy these guys and provide them with their knowledge of 'context'. Google Translate team and these guys should talk right away.
These guys are going to have some hard decisions to make in the next few months. This has such incredible potential I'd be really sad to see it get bought and languish as a side-feature at Google. Run as a business, rather than a free technology project liable to be side-lined on whatever whim, and really developed for the next 5 years, think about what it could be! I mean, just look at what it is today on day one! T…
This should also be viewed as a prime example that it is not always better to push complex processing into the cloud. This would not be possible trying to push to a server somewhere real-time.
Kudos to this team.