Hi Angela,

I have used it while traveling at museums around the world and sometimes
the translations make absolutely no sense. Glares, shadows, or stylized
fonts can change what a word means or the grammar is wrong and it just
sounds weird. If you do want to use it in a museum setting, visitors will
need access to wifi for a faster turnaround with the camera instant
translation, if they don't already have "offline download" of the language.
From my personal use at museums, I think it might cause a bottleneck as
people stop to take a picture, wait for it to recognize the words, then
take the picture again, highlight the words and then read it as they look
at the original panel or object.

Hope that was helpful!
Cheers,

Teresita


On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 8:12 PM, Katelyn Jernigan <
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> Hi Angela!
> I don't know about a museum setting, but I currently work in a high school
> with 10th graders studying US History 1 (French and Indian War - American
> Civil War). My school has a high immigrant population and many of them have
> success with the various historical documents with the Google picture
> translation feature that you describe. If it works for historical
> documents, I don't see why it wouldn't work for modern signage.
> Hope that helps!
> All the best,
> Katelyn Jernigan
>
>
> On Nov 27, 2017, at 5:32 PM, Roberts, Angela <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
>
>
> Has anyone tried using the Google Translate app’s camera instant
> translation as a way of offering multiple languages to visitors rather than
> printed brochures or bilingual labels? If so, I would love to hear about
> your experiences with it.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Angela
>
>
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