ABBYY TextGrabber + Translator 4.0 Uses Your Smartphone to Easily Convert Print to Digital Text
On-The-Go OCR Digitizes Print to Be Shared, Translated or Read Aloud;
A Boon for Businesspeople, Students, Travelers and Seniors; Now Optimized for iPad and iPad Mini
Milpitas, CA – September 5, 2013- ABBYY®, a leading provider of document recognition, data capture and linguistic technologies, today announced its release of TextGrabber + Translator 4.0, an iOS application which uses your device camera to easily extract text from a variety of printed sources, such as books, magazines, ads, timetables, manuals, labels, receipts, et al.
Applications for TextGrabber include
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Business/productivity. TextGrabber helps you get the job done more quickly. Take a picture of the text you need from any source, hit read, and you can text/email it to colleagues or store it in Evernote. See example at
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Education. Use TextGrabber to collaborate on school projects. Take a picture of text from textbooks and reports, crop the photo to the text you want and save. You can sendit to classmates and store for your future reference.
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Travel. TextGrabber can be your guide! Just take a picture of the text you want translated – from a sign, inside a magazine or newspaper, etc. – and TextGrabber can translate it for you.
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Accessibility for people with low vision and sight loss (e.g., seniors). Each interface element is distinctly named aloud and supplied with a brief audio comment, thanks to the iOS VoiceOver feature. It also offers text-to-speech conversion and provides the voice for text recognition and translation results.
What’s New
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Completely new interface
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Full support for Apple iPad and iPad Mini
Specifications
iOS: The application is compatible with the iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and iPad Mini. iOS 6.0 or higher is required.
Android: TextGrabber is compatible with devices running Android 2.2 or higher.
About ABBYY
ABBYY is a leading provider of document recognition, data capture, and linguistic technologies and services. For more information, visit www.ABBYY.com.
ABBYY, the ABBYY Logo, ABBYY TextGrabber+Translator are either registered trademarks or trademarks of ABBYY Software Ltd. Other products and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners and are hereby recognized.
Source: Press Release