Google Translate app update allows translations of text in images

The Google Translate app for Android has been updated to version 2.5. The new version, among other things, allows users to take a picture of the text that that they want translated and then swipe it to have it translated. This new feature is available to users with Android 2.3 and up. Late in 2010, we had reported about Word Lens, which did something similar with images and translation. Word Lens is an app for the iPhone that instantly translates text in an image. It uses optical character recognition technology, so the next time you don't understand something, just point at it with your iPhone camera and you'll be greeted by an instant translation.Click here for full story