Visual translation service Waygo now lets you translate Chinese and Japanese texts on Android

One of the most challenging facets of travel is the language barrier. While this is less of an issue for English-speakers in countries that share a similar alphabet, such as in France or Germany, in places like China or Japan simple things like reading road signs or seeing what’s on the menu for breakfast can be problematic. This is where Waygo has been setting out its stall to help in recent times, combining optical character recognition (OCR) and translation technology to instantly convert Chinese and Japanese characters into English when you hover your phone over a piece of text. Today...



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