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 <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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 My school has a high immigrant population and many of them have success with the various historical documents with the Google picture translation feature that you describe. If it works for historical documents, I don't see why it wouldn't work for modern signage.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

 

Angela Roberts Reeder

Exhibit Writer/Editor

Office of Exhibits

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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

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