Although Word Lens has been around for a few years, the app has somehow slipped under the radar of folks, such as international business travelers, who could most make use of it. The big news right ...

I’ve had to do a few foreign language interviews in my time as a journalist, in which I’ve sent off questions via email in English and received answers back in a language that I don’t speak. There are ...

When Google acquired Word Lens in May 2014, it was clear that it was only a matter of time until the startup’s impressive visual translation technology would be folded into Translate. That moment is ...

The tech titan buys Quest Visual, which makes the Word Lens written-word translation app for Android, iOS, and Google Glass. Senior writer Seth Rosenblatt covered Google and security for CNET News, ...

Google has just snapped up one of the most futuristic apps to come along in some time. Quest Visual, the maker of the incredible Word Lens app, posted on its website that it has been acquired by ...

Google Translate has received an update that adds support for Japanese to the iOS app's augmented reality Word Lens feature, one that allows users to see Japanese words and phrases replaced by English ...