Babelshot for iPhone: clever stuff

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Shaun

Babelshot for the iPhone makes some bold claims, but in my tests seems to work fairly well. The problem is that I don’t understand what I am translating so how would I know if it really works? Check out the video below for a demo-

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4 Responses to Babelshot for iPhone: clever stuff

  1. lazyboy says:
    January 21, 2010 at 1:45 pm

    Yes, it seems to work from the experiements I did using French and Spanish. It also works pretty well for OCR, so long as the font isn’t anything fancy.

  2. vboelema says:
    January 21, 2010 at 5:28 pm

    That’s cool. Maybe the iPhone is cool after all!

  3. vboelema says:
    January 21, 2010 at 5:30 pm

    (My above comment you’ll have to relate to the QOTD: The coolest smartphone brand? It’s not a dig at the iPhone or its users!)

  4. lazyboy says:
    January 21, 2010 at 6:03 pm

    “(My above comment you’ll have to relate to the QOTD: The coolest smartphone brand? It’s not a dig at the iPhone or its users!)”

    The thought never once crossed my mind. :)