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In this video we shall learn how to translate from English to Hindi using your phone camera
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The first question is why should you use the phone camera to translate
What is its need ?
At times we are in the market & we see a sign in English
and we don't understand its meaning fully
It would be ideal if you could take a photo with your mobile phone camera
and see the meaning in your own language
You may go to an office & there is a notice in English that you may not be able to understand
You can translate it in Hindi using your phone camera & understand what it means
At times you can face a loss if you don't understand signs in english
such as a sign signalling danger or a fine
If you have a smartphone you can easily translate the English words to Hindi
In this video we will use the Google Translate app to take a photo & translate from English to Hindi
There are 2 ways to do this
One way is quite old & the second one is very interesting
I will use a Samsung Note 4 in this video which is an Android phone
Let's see the first way to translate using the phone camera
We will click a photo using the camera & translate it
This has been available for sometime in the Google Translate app
However a lot of us are not aware of this feature
This is the Google translate app
I have already installed it from the Play Store
You can also install it from the Play Store
You need to ensure that the updated version of the app is installed on your phone
If you have an earlier version then please update it
Click on Open
The Google Translate app opens up
You can choose the languages on top
A no. of language options are available in the menu
If you click on the drop down menu
You can see that a no. of languages are available in Google Translate
You can choose your preferred language here
I have chosen English here
and here I have chosen Hindi here
so it will translate from English to Hindi by clicking a photo
There is a camera icon here
You have a few options available by clicking the camera icon
Let's see what they are
I will translate a book cover using this
Click on the camera icon
This is the book whose cover we want to translate
Click on the red button with the camera icon
The book cover is being scanned
and it is trying to understand what is written on the screen
It has understood these words & highlighted them
Use your finger to highlight the words that you want to translate
For example - I am highlighting the title of the book here
It has translated the title of the book from English to Hindi
The grammar or sequence of the translation may not be perfect
This book is about the people & history of Indonesia
So as you can see I translated from English to Hindi by clicking a photo & using my finger to highlight the text
This is a very good feature of Google Translate
Let's close this & try to translate something else
Click on the camera icon again
This is another book
Click again on the red button with the camera icon
but before that use your finger to focus the camera
Click on the red camera icon
The book cover is being scanned
It has put the words in square boxes
It is able to differentiate between the photo & the words
Use your finger to highlight the words you want to translate
Let's use our finger to Highlight the words " Unofficial Guide"
Google Translate has translated the highlighted words
Let's highlight the words "Starting a Business Online."
Google Translate has translated the highlighted words
At times it is unable to translate with the correct grammar
But it is able to translate the words correctly
This book is an unofficial guide to starting an online business.
Google Translate was able to translate the title correctly to a large extent
Click on the X button to close the window
The translations we have just done using the camera feature are reflected in the history
Let me tell you about another feature
Click on the camera icon
Click on the photo icon
Your gallery or your picture folders will open
You can choose a photo from your memory or the cloud to scan & translate it
I will not show this feature
Let's exit this menu
This feature has been available in the Google Translate app for quite some time
But many of us were not aware about this feature
Let's learn about a new method or way to translate
The app is the same - Google Translate
You don't need to click a photo.
Simply switch on the camera & use the app to translate the text
Let's see how this works
Click on the camera icon
You can see a book here - Absolute Beginner's Guide to Ebay
There is eye icon at the bottom
This is switched off by default
Let's switch this on
This feature was created by a company named lens
Google has integrated this feature in the Translate app
Let's switch this on & please observe what happens on the screen
As I switch it on the book cover is translated & appears in Hindi
As you can see I did not do anything
I did not select any words on the screen
It was able to understand the words itself & translate them
Click on the pause button
My translation is displayed instantly
It tries to understand the words separately and form a sentence from them
due to this the translation may not be fully accurate at times
Let's see one last translation
Click on the Camera icon
We are translating a book cover - I moved your Cheese
This is a slightly difficult sentence
Let's see if Google Translate is able to translate this or not
Click on the Lens icon to siwtch on the Instant feature
It does a literal translation of the book title
To a large extent it has been able to translate the title correctly
Click on the Pause button
Google Translate has understood and translated the book title correctly to a large extent
If you pay attention to the sentence below
It was still trying to understand the words & translate them from English to Hindi when I paused it
This is a very interesting feature
There are 2 drawbacks of this feature
The first one is that this instant feature does not work for all languages
This is only available for a few languages
This works for English to Hindi translations
But it does not work in all languages
Click on top & exit the window
Click on the icon with the 3 dots
Click on Settings
The last item on the menu is Instant camera languages
You can manage downloadable packages for instant camera translation here
Click on the button
You can see a tick mark next to English-Hindi
This instant camera language is installed on my phone
You can download the language combination of your preference here
You can install any of these language packs
If you pay attention there are very select language combinations available
A no. of language options are not available
For instance English to Gujarati or English to Urdu options are not available
English to Nepali , English to Tamil or Malayalam are also not there
However English to Hindi is available which I have shown in the example
No translation software is perfect
It may not give you 100% correct results
The accuracy is higher when you translate one word at a time
and the translation results are better
When you scan long sentences some errors may happen
but you can understand the overall gist of the sentence
Let's understand how to use this app if we don't have an internet connection
Will this work then ?
Switch off the Wi-fi connection on the phone
Switch off the mobile data as well
I am not connected to the internet now
Click on the camera icon
Let's try and translate this book cover- One Click
The instant feature is switched off
Click on the red camera icon
The book cover is being scanned
Highlight the words to be translated using the finger
However it is notifying us that there is no network
So if you click a photo and you are not connected to the network this feature will not be available
Let's close this window
Switch on the Instant feature by clicking the eye icon
The instant translation is displayed
Click on the pause button
This is a book on Amazon.com
The instant translation feature works on this book cover even without an internet connection
So the instant translation feature will work even if your phone is not connected to the network
The camera function of Google Translate does not work on a PC. It is only available on mobile for now.
This is a very useful app and this is a very good feature
In a few seconds you can translate from English to Hindi using your camera without typing anything
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