Google Translate Help


Image Recognition

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You can use your phone’s camera to translate text in the Translate app. Translate text in photosYou can translate text from new photos and photos you’ve already taken in the Translate app. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Translate app . Turn "Improve camera input" on or offThe photos you scan and import in the Translate app get sent to Google for text recognition. Translate what you find through your cameraFor some languages, you can point your phone’s camera at text to translate it.