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New iPhone app translates foreign-language signs

Mark Milian
By Mark Milian, CNN
| Filed under: Mobile
Word Lens' app for the iPhone automatically translates text right before you. It currently translates between English and Spanish.
Word Lens' app for the iPhone automatically translates text right before you. It currently translates between English and Spanish.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • An iPhone app called Word Lens can almost instantly translate text between English, Spanish
  • Unlike other apps, Word Lens can interpret writing without having to snap a picture
  • Developer says it plans to add dictionaries to support other languages soon
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