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Point, Shoot and Translate into English

Posted by timothy on from the from-the-hip dept.

edstromp points out this New York Times "story on using a pocket pc to translate a street sign. It requires at least a dialup connection as it sends the photo to a server for the majority of the processing: OCR, translation, English overlay for new image, and then transmission back to the user. All said and done, it takes about 15 seconds to translate a street sign. Put this with some augumented reality, and you have a rather useful tool."

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  1. Augmented Reality Porn by mikosullivan · · Score: 5, Funny
    You walk down the street and the cute girls are modified so that they appear interested in you.

    ... oh wait, we already have beer for that.

    -Miko

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    Miko O'Sullivan