Google Translate to ease language barriers for users

Thanks to the upcoming version of Google Translate, people unable to read a sign-board or a restaurant menu in a foreign country would find themselves less challenged in such settings.

According to a recent leak by Android Police, Google was working on an updated version of Google Translate, which would not only help people translate spoken words, but would also allow them to use their camera to translate text in images.

The website pointed out that the feature came after Google acquired translation app Word Lens by Quest Visual. The app provided users an instant translation of any portion of text in an image.

It looked like Quest Visual's special augmented-reality based technology had found application in Google's Translate products, presumably across platforms.

Word Lens was free to download for a limited time, but users might not be able to download it once Google officially released the update for Google Translate.

Android Police had published the screenshots that show how Live Translate would work after the update, adding that the initial rollout would work both ways between English and French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.