Translate text by photo It is a question that on some occasion you will have asked yourself without knowing the answer. The answer is yes. In addition, it is such a fast and simple process that the only thing you have to know is which applications to use.
And I say that it is the only thing you have to know, because all the applications that we show you in this article to translate a text by photo, are completely free and, in addition, they do not include ads.
Both in the Play Store and in the App Store we can find various applications that allow us to translate a text by photo, applications that are paid or free with ads.
All the applications that I show you in this article are free, since software giants such as Google, Apple and Microsoft are behind them.
One thing that we must keep in mind is that all these applications work perfectly when it comes to perfectly written texts and without spelling or grammatical errors.
If we try to translate colloquial texts, it is most likely that the translation will not make any sense and we will be left the same or worse than at the beginning.
If you want to know which are the best applications to translate a photo text, I invite you to continue reading.
Google Translator
We could not start this compilation of applications to translate with another application that is not Google's translator, one of the most used in the world.
With Google Translate, not only can we translate conversations in real time, but it also allows us to translate texts from images that we have stored on our device or through the camera in real time without having to take a screenshot.
To access the function of text recognition and subsequent translation with Google Translate, we must click on the camera icon located just below the text box where we enter the text to translate.
Next, we must point the application open towards the text that we want to translate. Thanks to Machine Learning, the application will automatically recognize the text and the language in which it is written to translate it into our language.
If we want to keep the translation or copy the text in an application, we click on the camera button. Next, we select the text we want to copy and paste it where we want.
With Google Translate, we can also translate the text of photos that we have stored on our device.
Within the application configuration options, Google Translate allows us to download the language of the country we are going to visit. In this way, the application will not have to use the internet and will allow us to save mobile data.
You can download Google Translate through the following links:
Microsoft Translator
Just as Google has its own translator, Microsoft has its own, a much less well-known translator than Google's, but just as functional.
Thanks to the Microsoft Translator application, available on the App Store and Play Store, we can translate the text of the photos that we have stored on our device.
It also allows us to translate through the device's camera, but, unlike the Google application, the translation is not done in real time, but we must take a screenshot so that the translated image text is displayed.
The translated text allows us to copy it to any other application, listen to it through the application in its translation or original language.
Like the Google application, Microsoft Translator allows us to download the language that we are going to use in our translations so that we do not need mobile data on our trips.
You can download the Microsoft Translator through the following links:
Translate
Translate is Apple's sad bet in the world of applications to translate texts. This application, available natively on all iOS devices from iOS 14, allows us to translate texts but not images.
However, we can use it in combination with the camera of our device, a camera that recognizes the text of the photographs, text that we can copy to the clipboard and later in the Apple Translate application.
Okay, the process is sadly absurd and it doesn't make any sense that the Cupertino-based company doesn't unite both functions in a single application to offer features similar to those offered by both Google and Microsoft.
Presumably, over time, Apple will improve the natively available Translate app and include the ability to automatically recognize text and translate it without having to use the camera.
The function that allows you to know texts of images through the camera application and in the Photos application is available from iPhone 11 onwards. If you have an older iPhone, using Apple's translate app won't do you any good.
Yandex
We do not always have the need to translate the text of a photo from our mobile, although it is the most common use that most users give it.
If you have the need to translate a text from a photo when you are in front of your computer, resort to your non-productive mobile or tablet. The solution is to use the Yandex translation service.
Yandex is the Google of Russia. We could say that Yandex is for Russia what Google is for the whole world (except China). To translate the text of a photo through Yandex, first of all, we need to visit the following link.
Next, we must upload the image and wait for the text to be recognized by the platform to later translate it into the language that we have previously established.
It is not necessary to enter the input language, since the application will automatically recognize it.
Once the text is translated, we can copy and paste it into any other application. The results and the quality of the translation are very similar to those offered by Google.
This image translation service works with the same languages ​​as the solutions offered by Google, Microsoft and Apple.