The idea is to create a technology which would leap language barrier. Image-teller is an image-to-text translator designed for smart phones offering its users real time translations of text in pictures taken with their smartphones. Image-teller is focused on solving communication problems, and, with the support of its educational aspects, not only helping to understand a language but also familiarizing with different cultures and phenomenons. It may be a milestone in the process of breaking boundaries and better understanding between different nations.
The application provides its user with a grid allowing to point the area in the picture containing text to be translated. The only information to be supplied by the user are the languages from and to which the text is suppose to be translated. Owning to on-line databases connection, translation is generated within seconds. Image-teller offers additional features such as saving a screenshot of the picture with the translation, and reading the translated text out. This may be helpful while traveling abroad not only memorizing different phrases but also learning the right pronunciation. Consequently, traditional dictionaries will no longer be needed. Such quality offered by the translator can be inevitable in countries using non-latin scripts, most people are not accustomed to. Moreover translated information can shared by being sent by e-mail or published on social services. Likewise, browsing the translation in search engine as well as browsing for additional information and definitions in on-line databases is provided. All mentioned aspects can be developed by cooperating with different websites and companies. As shown in the visuals the application has got a very simple and intuitive interface. With Image-teller the world is in your hand.
Besides its commercial and future sales possibilities the idea has strong social values. It originated from real-life issues encountered by hundred of thousands of people every day. Communication boundaries are not only problem of the individuals, but also restrain cross national cooperation and development of countries isolated by language barrier from world economy. Providing people with a mean of leaping the barrier could help overcome many problems and support development of countries in the world. It would have impact on most aspects of life including for example tourism and business. The translator can be a powerful tool supporting people in their every day life, helping fight with isolation and lack of understanding between immigrants and residents, which nowadays often becomes an issue in developed countries (France, Great Britain, Germany).
Because Image-teller is a virtual application its introduction and sale doesn't bring any threat to the natural environment. Although smartphones market is still developing, it is reported to be the main direction to which mobile phones produces will turn, and in few years time we can expect them to be the most popular type of phones. From the release of Apple iPhone in 2007 all companies producing electronic equipment started introducing their own smartphones. According to internet resources the smartphone market already covers approximately 22-31%, depending on the user's age, of entire mobile phones market and the outlooks for the future are even more encouraging (Olswang Report http://www.olswang.com/convergence2011/0). What is more, most smartphones are most popular among people in their 20s and 30s who are also the social group most likely to spent their money traveling.
Initial expenses and efforts connected with executing and implementing Image-teller would cover developing text recognition in images technology. Because once invented it would apply to all different languages, it would be the most costly stage of work on the application. Image-teller, as other smartphone translators currently released, could initially focus on the most popular and useful european languages written with latin script, gradually expanding to others languages and scripts, for example cyrillic. Decisions about the order in which new languages would be added to the database could be made according to number of native-speakers of different languages and surveys investigating the most urgent requirements related to global economics and migration. This would minimize the risk of loosing shareholders money for the development of the application would flexibly respond to the market's needs.
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