PicTranslator Another Example of Holding the Future in Your Hand

Nearly every day, I read something or use something that makes me feel like I am living in those sci-fi novels I read as a kid.  Sure, we still don't have flying cars but some of the things we have are so damn cool.

While PicTranslator isn't exactly earth-shattering technology, just the fact that it exists and can be used by anyone with an iPhone is certainly cool:

Snap a picture of any menu in question and have it translated on the spot.  Priced at 99 cents, this iPhone application captures text from users’ photos and translates it. In addition to menus, it can handle any form of printed text.  Though not at all a replacement for language skills, it does provide a quick and painless way to avoid the all too routine tourist-guidebook-flip.  (via)

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  By Justin Wilcox, October 29, 2009 @ 12:29 pm

  Thanks so much for the mention! We agree, this isn’t flying car technology (as much as we wish it were), but it’s fun to try new/cool things all the same.

  Thanks again!

  PS – It looks like the image may not be loading. Let me know if you need a screen shot or if you want to embed the YouTube video.

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