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Shoot & Translate: What the Technical Press has to say...

Here you will find trade press quotations on Shoot & Translate. You can also view the complete press review with an overview of all current press releases.


Device Management Forum                March 08
The makers of Shoot & Translate realized this and went straight to work. Their solution: the first photo translation software for mobile phones. The software works in three simple steps: take a picture, scan the text, and translate.


The software then extracts the text from the picture using OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software and translates the text into the user’s language using the SmartTranslation Technology from Linguatec's Personal Translator solution.
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Mobile Marketing Magazine
March 08


SYS-CON Media
                March 08
Our mobile phone is our constant companion through all of life's endeavors. When used in combination with the translation software Shoot & Translate, it becomes the practical translator that's always at hand when we need it.
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A remarkably clever piece of software for smartphones and PDAs
Very handy indeed and much more portable than one of those so called pocket Spoken (insert language here) Dictionaries.
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pocket picks
                        March .08


pocket picks
                     March .08
Below is a continuation of the list of notable product highlights from the CeBIT exhibit floor. Though many of these companies are European and may not be familiar in the United States, we thought it worthwhile to bring you a glimpse of what's going on across the Atlantic. Language technology expert Linguatec unveiled a world first at CeBIT. Shoot & Translate, the first translation software for cell phones and smart phones, uses the built-in camera and Internet access popular in today's cell phones to its full potential.


WDR TV

Programme recorded on 07.03.08 at the CeBIT

The technology trends of tomorrow
Mobile phones are now translators as well.
Conclusion: A really good idea, this mobile phone software.

The segment on Shoot & Translate begins after 2 minutes and 8 seconds (in German language).





Computer expert Jörg Schieb from WDR at the recording of the TV segment at the Linguatec stand.




Global innovation … the first translation software for mobile phones and smartphones
CeBIT
February 08



Revolutionary software for mobiles.
Translation of restaurant menus, newspaper text, travel information.
Mobile World Congress
February 08



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22 Jul 2008
Talking towns

Whether as an information forum for its citizens or to make it attractive to tourists: Towns and municipalities take pleasure in an increasingly popular Internet read aloud service Voice Reader Web. Heidelberg, Ettlingen, Flöha und Landshut are already talking points!
For more information, see our references.

16 Jun 2008
Europe in football fever

Do you also get tired of waiting for the next game? Then we have the perfect thing for you: Our amusing football quiz! Simply guess whether the funny football quote is from a human speaker or from our Voice Reader. The challenge is yours!

03 Jun 2008
Shoot & Translate nominated for the Innovation Award

With its global innovation Shoot & Translate, Linguatec has been nominated for the Mobile Innovation Global Award in the USA!
This means that we are one of three companies in the world to have been selected in the category Most Innovative Consumer Application. The prize is awarded by the GSM Association, the global association of mobile radio providers.

15 May 2008
Top grades for our Web read-out function

In the issue 4/2008, the renowned science magazine Bild der Wissenschaft reported on Voice Reader Web. The read-out service has really scooped the market! It received 5 out of 5 stars:

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