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* The Best Translation App * • Secured a spot among the Top 10 apps in the Reference/Business categories in 109 countries • Winner of the Taiwan Excellence Award 2012 • Winner of the Outstanding IT Products Award 2011 • Over one million users worldwide * Product Overview * Point the iPhone’s or the new iPad’s camera at any word and Worldictionary will instantly define and translate it. No need to manually type words or take pictures. This app will be your indispensable travel tool primed to give you translation on-the-go. * Demo Videos * http://worldcard.penpowerinc.com/demo/worldcard/worditionary_demo.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa6OYajfomA * Product Details * - Instant View & Translate • The instant 'View and Translate' feature allows you to get instant translation simply by pointing your iPhone’s camera at a word you want to look up. • Worldictionary recognizes and translates amongst multiple languages, ranging from Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian, Polish, Hungarian, Russian, Czech, Slovak and Romanian. No need to type a word to look it up! • You can also select an image from your iPhone to get the translation immediately without typing words in. - Detailed & Full Sentence Translation • To proceed with looking up additional words or knowing more about the usage of particular words, you can first take a snap of the text and then focus on the words one by one and look them up. • Provides full sentence translation and pronunciation. • The 'Advance Search' function lets you search through Google, Wikipedia and YouTube to expand your search. • Works with the world's leading dictionary( Collins, Dr.eye and Transtar dictionary), lets you get the most authoritative word explanations. - Smart & Helpful Functions • Save your search records automatically. You can even build your own word database to increase translation efficiency. • You can also manually enter and translate words. • Provides an anti-shake function for better image quality. • Provides in app purchase offline dictionary. * Customers’ Reviews * • Brilliant app! - Thanks for developing such a handy tool. I have already used it to translate menu items and will definitely use it on my first trip abroad. Well worth the price. (Apr 22, 2012 by lht61ha) • Amazing app for a phone! - Very easy to use translator app that works brilliantly with text. All the various functions, including recognizing words and translating from text, are very useful. 5 star. (Apr 22, 2012 by Simon Medlicott) • Worldictionary, one of the most revolutionary iPhone app ideas. (Mar 20, 2012 by Sven Luiv)
What's New
Version 5.3.1 2020-12-04
- Performance improvements and bug fixes. Version 5.3.0 2020-03-13
- Performance improvements and bug fixes. Version 5.2.1 2019-10-14
1. Support iOS 13 2. Bug fix Version 5.2.0 2019-05-09
- Add Hindi as a new recognition language - Performance improvement - Bug fixes Version 5.1.2 2018-12-07
- Bug fixes Version 5.1.1 2018-12-03
- Fix translation display issue Version 5.1.0 2018-09-07
Bookmark function enhancement Version 5.0.6 2018-07-31
Bug fix. Version 5.0.5 2018-07-20
Bug fixed. Version 5.0.4 2017-05-02
Bug fixes App Store User Reviews
o0TheGoodLife0o 2017-07-08
Unintuitive . . .
and barely works.
Goldy559 2017-06-18
DOES NOT WORK.
Save your money
Rmsdfafertv1234:;54; 2012-09-27
Useless
Useless app. Can only translate one word at a time and requires several seconds of keeping camera absolutely still to do so. Translating an entire sentence or p...Useless app. Can only translate one word at a time and requires several seconds of keeping camera absolutely still to do so. Translating an entire sentence or paragraph would take so long that you would forget the meaning of the first words by the time you got to the last. Keeps no useful record of previously translated words, so you couldn't string together a whole phrase, even if you did have the patience to individually translate each word. App claims to translate a photo of a paragraph, but still only does it one word at a time (you have to tap each word in the photo one at a time to get a translation of that word only). Also, it is only able to correctly recognize about 50% of the words in any photo. Finally, it only works with an Internet connection, so if you only have wifi, you probably won't be able to use it when you need it. I am very sorry I spent my money on this.
BreakerOfNations 2011-06-29
This is an indispensable app for travelers
Worldictionary is really an amazing app for those of you who plan on traveling abroad or who do frequest business trips to other regions. Even if you are around...Worldictionary is really an amazing app for those of you who plan on traveling abroad or who do frequest business trips to other regions. Even if you are around multicultural environments with different language groups or are simply learning a new language yourself, you should grab this app. The amount of different languages supported is staggering. Translations of texts from 21 different languages (including English) is available to users. The app is automatic so you do not need to look a word up. All you do is point the camera at words from different languages around you -- like a traffic sign or a segment in a book -- and the app does the translation automatically. If you want only a segment translated from a block of heavy text, simply snap a picture of the segment of writing and drag your finger around the words or sentence syou want translated. I have fmaily living in different countries and continents around the world, so this app is perfect for my needs. I am glad to know an app like this exists making me not have to rely on traditional and slow processes like using a dictionary to look word sup by hand. If you are even a video game fan of Japanese role-playing games, for instance, an app like this could make translations so much easier and the games so much more enjoyable to play. There are many uses for the app and am glad to have found it.
Popshalie 2011-04-26
Good but lacks a major component for me...
I live in Japan and can read kanji to a certain degree and this app would be fantastic IF IF IF it would provide the reading for the kanji instead of just provi...I live in Japan and can read kanji to a certain degree and this app would be fantastic IF IF IF it would provide the reading for the kanji instead of just providing the English translation. In Japanese there is a phonetic alphabet called kana and all kanji can be described using the phonetic alphabet. If the kana for each character or groups of characters were provided then this would actually be a fantastic study tool. As it stands it simply provides a quick fix and that may prove to be helpful at times but not nearly as much as if it provided the kana. Here's an example: The kanji 行く means "to go" and you read this "iku". If the reading "iku" were provided in the kana form like this, "いく" I could then study and learn how to read it in Japanese as well as know what it means. One last detail... Most kanji have two ways to read them, on-yomi (Chinese reading) and kun-yomi (Japanese) reading and both are used and important so both the "on" and "kun" yomi should be provided. Here's one simple example: 山 is the kanji for mountain. The "on-yomi" is "san" or "さん" and the "kun-yomi" is "yama" or "やま". Usually, when two or more kanji are put together side-by-side, they are read using the "on-yomi" and when they are on their own they are read using the "kun-yomi". PLEASE keep this in mind for a future upgrade!!!
CamelJR 2012-08-25
Incredible camera dictionary
This is an application the will translate one language to another by viewing the text in real life via the camera. I am so shocked that this is possible and am ...This is an application the will translate one language to another by viewing the text in real life via the camera. I am so shocked that this is possible and am extremely impressed by this technology. I was able to point the camera at Japanese and it showed me the translation without me having to enter stroke order or have any kind of knowledge. For someone who travels or is learning a language, this can be seriously useful and save a lot of time. For example, if you are in Tokyo, this could translate street signs or food items on a menu. How incredible is that! There are a few minor flaws, such as not the greatest selection of languages to choose from. Luckily, for more “obscure” languages, there are ones available for an additional purchase. This is strange since the app is pretty pricey already. Also, when selecting things, such as languages, there Is no “done” button. Sometimes I found myself confused how to confirm a change with various options because of this. So not the most user friendly app out there, but an incredible advancement in technology that I highly recommend for anyone – there is a free version to try!
Rainlady007 2012-06-02
Perfection!
This is a "MUST HAVE" app to take along when you travel. You just need to point your phone camera to any word or phrase you need translated and the app will do ...This is a "MUST HAVE" app to take along when you travel. You just need to point your phone camera to any word or phrase you need translated and the app will do this for you. Imagine, foreign language signs and menus will no longer be a mystery! It translates from and to a variety of languages and speaks out words it recognizes using voice. The OCR is very fast and accurate. The Google and Wikipedia links are helpful as they can give additional information about words. The built-in dictionary allows you to use it in offline mode as well. A nifty flashlight is a huge boon for when you need extra illumination if it's dark. The interface rocks! It's professionally done and easy to use. There is no need for a manual for this app because the interface is really that good. The developers have thought everything through and executed it perfectly.
dacdac99 2013-01-27
Great Translation App!
You can simply point the camera towards single words to get an instant translation, or take a photo of a sentence/paragraph and have it translate the entire sen...You can simply point the camera towards single words to get an instant translation, or take a photo of a sentence/paragraph and have it translate the entire sentence. You can translate from your language to a foreign language as well - without any textual image. Just select the sentence translation, use a random photo, manually enter whatever you want to translate and it'll make the translation. You can even have it speak the translation! More common languages use a human speech, less common languages (Albanian, etc.) use a computer voice. I don't travel very often; but, this is one of those apps that's just great to have on hand -- you never know when you might need to do a quick translation from a foreign language or to help speak with someone that doesn't speak your language.
Lutzbone 2011-05-31
Best in class for Japanese
I am in Japan for work for the next year, and had bought 2 other iPhone camera translation apps, both of which were so-so in terms of speed and accuracy. Then I...I am in Japan for work for the next year, and had bought 2 other iPhone camera translation apps, both of which were so-so in terms of speed and accuracy. Then I found Worldictionary in the featured apps and gave it a try. It has quickly become one of my go-to apps. It is pretty fast and very accurate. I can point it at a sign or an ingredient list on something at the grocery store and get a good idea of what it means. Not auto-detecting the language may be a bummer for some, but I think that choice allows for better translation accuracy and speed than some others I have tried. This app has helped me to read things in a pinch and also is helping me to keep learning the language every day! Thank you Worldictionary!
astr0cyte 2012-04-20
very impressive!
works exactly as described, with fast live translations. the whole sentence translation from pictures also works pretty well. from my initial testing, it seems ...works exactly as described, with fast live translations. the whole sentence translation from pictures also works pretty well. from my initial testing, it seems to perform much better with Chinese vs European languages - it's amazingly accurate with Chinese characters, even easily recognizing multi-character words. there's also an offline dictionary for English to Chinese translation (but strangely, not the other way around). overall it's a really terrific app that could help language students and tourists. for future updates, I would really love to see optional downloadable offline dictionaries for languages other than Chinese (or at least add Chinese to english offline).
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