Apple’s Translate app lets you translate text from one language to another by pointing your iPhone’s camera at the text you want to translate. This feature can be useful for reading road signs, text in books, maps, buildings, etc.
Need to TRANSLATE text? Use your iPhone’s camera!
This feature uses the app’s built-in camera and on-device machine learning to detect visible text from the image and translate it into your preferred language. Once the text-rich image is scanned, you can tap on the translated words to see how they are pronounced in both languages.
You can copy the translation and paste it somewhere else or add it to your favorites list to access it later. You also get the option to share the translated image with others. Translation can also be processed offline, as long as you have downloaded the languages you want to convert texts between.
When using the camera in the app, you can use the Translate app to translate between any two of the following languages: