It’s not only the program’s professionalism that’s impressive, some of the features make everyday use even more interesting and entertaining. For many of these languages, the app is able to fully recognize spoken sentences. The translation app covers a total of 42 languages. Even beginners will be able to quickly orientate themselves since the menu is easy to navigate. The menu is very similar to that of Siri in iOS, which means that the app is very user-friendly. The text-to-speech feature converts spoken word into text and also repeats it out loud. When you’re finished, tap the translation symbol at the bottom of the display and say a word, phrase, or whole sentence into the microphone.
Google Translate is free and available for Android and iOS devices.
Although the number of packages available to download is quite large (over 50), the vocabulary contained in these versions is not as extensive as the ones available online. The required memory size per packet varies between 150 and 300 MB.
The program can also be used offline, but you have to select the desired language packs beforehand and install them on your device.
Until recently, an internet connection was still required to use Google Translate. You have to photograph the words yourself in order to be able to translate them. However, the function can’t be used for photos that are already in the device’s gallery. This method, which is also known as OCR, is particularly handy when reading a handwritten text and translating words on pictures or signs, or other characters that you can’t identify. In addition to entering words into your device’s display, the application provides optical character recognition. All of the words or phrases you have searched for are stored in the history panel so you can access them again easily. If you want to quickly change the language, the app has a button to switch from input to output language in just one click. In addition, the Google Translation app automatically displays possible alternatives to misspelled words. With just a few clicks, you can select the input and output language and enter the desired text. What’s also useful is the automatic SMS translator, which translates foreign-language SMS into your desired language.
This special translation function is currently available in 30 languages. The program recognizes the letters and displays the correct translation.
If you don’t know how to spell the word, you can alternatively make use of Google’s speech recognition and say the word into the microphone of your smartphone or tablet.Ī further feature that comes in handy in restaurants and shops, is the ability to take a photo of a sign or a menu and feed it directly into the translator app. However, if you don’t have country-specific special characters stored on your keyboard, you can also draw the respective words with your finger. The various input methods are very practical: the most common is to enter a word or phrase from the keyboard. The app can access 103 languages in its database in online mode. The translation program is also available as an app for mobile devices, which is particularly impressive thanks to its simple and easy-to-use interface. With Microsoft Translator, you can speak directly into your watch to get an instant translation in any of the 50 different languages.Every internet user knows Google so it’s no surprise that not only Google’s search engine, but also its translator is used by millions of people. With the new app, Microsoft is entering into Google territory, which has long offered translation services on the web as well as for iOS and Android. The company also offers translation through its Skype Translator programme, which is soon due to become part of the Skype app itself.
Microsoft has already been serving up language translation via its Bing website along with apps for its Windows Phone mobile operating system and its Windows 10 desktop software. Text can also be copy-pastes from and to other apps for translation. In response, the app shows the translated text on the screen and then speaks it too. One can type or speak the word or phrase to be translated. "Available for iOS and Android platforms, the app called Microsoft Translator, supports phones and tablets as well as the Apple Watch and smartwatches that run Android Wear", CNET online reported. Google's Translate app, on the other hand, supports only 27 languages for text and voice conversion.