optical character recognition

Compressing information into a single graphic element is an exciting prospect. Mobile language translation, receipt authentication and new types of scanning are turning our phones into miniature text encoders by converting images of handwriting or printed text into usable data.

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Word Lens app translates the text found in images taken with your phone's camera. The technology still has a long way to go, but eventually we'll be able to avoid getting lost in a foreign city.
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