To use any of the listed translators, it’s enough to open with it a ready-made snapshot or make a new one right in the program’s interface.
1. “Yandex.Translator”
- Cost: free of charge.
- Offline translation of pictures: no.
You can save the selected translations made by this program in the form of cards. They are convenient to use in a special mode of repetition, to remember the foreign words imprinted on the pictures. In addition, Yandex.Translator keeps the history of translations and is able to automatically recognize languages.
Yandex.Translator →
2. “Microsoft Translator”
- Cost: free of charge.
- Offline translation of pictures: yes.
“Microsoft Translator” also keeps the history of translations and allows you to make separate entries of it in the “Favorites”, so that they are not lost sight of. The application automatically determines the language of the text in the photo and displays the translation immediately after recognition – you do not need to select words with your finger, as in other translators. On the other hand, you can not copy the recognized text.
“Microsoft Translator” →
3. “Google Translator”
- Cost: free of charge.
- Offline translation of pictures: yes.
“Google Translator” supports all the basic capabilities of a photo translator: display history, the ability to save individual translations and autodetecting the language in pictures. At the same time, the program is unique in that it can translate text in the field of view of the camera instantly, even before the creation of the photo.
Google Translator →
4. ABBYY Lingvo
- Cost: depends on the selected dictionaries.
- Offline translation of pictures: yes.
This application is not suitable for translating entire sentences, but it does an excellent job with individual words. Detailed ABBYY dictionaries contain synonyms, interpretations, examples of usage and a host of other information that is useful for translating and learning languages. The program implemented a system of cards (iOS only) for convenient memorization of words.
ABBYY Lingvo →
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- How to set up automatic translation in mobile browsers →
- 4 Chrome extensions that instantly translate the selected text →
- How to easily and effectively memorize foreign words →
