Does Linga Chat translate text in images?

Point, read, translate

Linga Chat can translate the text inside a photo. Using your camera or an image from your gallery, it detects the printed words automatically and shows them translated into your language — no typing required. This is the tool you reach for when the words are on paper or a screen rather than in a chat.

What it is good for

• Menus in a restaurant abroad.
• Street signs and directions while traveling.
• Product labels and packaging.
• Printed notes and documents you cannot read.

How it works

You choose your target language from the 27 supported, point the camera or pick a saved image, and Linga Chat finds the printed text and shows it translated. Because it detects the text for you, there is no need to type out characters you cannot read — which matters most with scripts you do not know, like translating a sign in Japanese, Arabic or Korean.

One of four translation tools

Photo translation works alongside instant message translation, simultaneous translation for live speech, and reading translations out loud, so you can handle text, speech and images without leaving the app. It covers all 27 languages Linga Chat supports and runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android and Windows. Linga Chat is free to start, so you can translate text in photos from day one.