NTT Docomo Inc. has released a free smartphone application that translates English, Chinese and Korean restaurant menus into Japanese in a split second.
The software will be available free of charge until Jan. 16. The company will collect user feedback to help improve the technology for future commercial use.
Users train the smartphone's camera on a restaurant menu, and the text is automatically translated in about 0.2 seconds. The translated text appears on the smartphone screen.
The software can be downloaded from the Android Market online store, and can be used on smartphones with Google Inc.'s Android operating system, version 2.1 or later. Docomo plans to develop the technology to also provide instant translations of signboards, product packaging and other written information.
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