Babelshot IPhone app translates text in real time

Codium Labs, LLC, released Babelshot, an IPhone app that allows real-time translation of printed text by taking a snapshot of the text. The user has to take a photo and select the portion of text for translation, before the translated text is displayed next to the original photo. According to a press release, Babelshot performs the text recognition on the mobile device rather than offloading the task to a web server. A YouTube video is available showing Babelshot in action.