Seems like a extremely useful tool, just needs to not be Google, any alt recommendations welcome!

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      Yeah. For apple users Lens is not the simple andtoid camera app (which yes can translate text on the fly and read QR codes) - Lens is a visual search tool that can answer queries based on pictures.

      Like if you take a picture of a tree you can ask what species it is, or a picture of a person you can ask where the clothes are from etc.

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        Stupid hardware fixing I’ve never seen before - Lens will tell me what it is

        Apple is about five years behind, then will announce it as a revelation they came up with, as usual 😂

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        If you have the google app, on the landing page there is a camera icon. You can either use lens live that way, or upload a pic and it will tell you what plant/animal/etc it is, sometimes, or iirc it will translate texts. But it does both in real time too. I have an iPhone and use it a lot.

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      If you have the google app, on the landing page there is a camera icon. You can either use lens live that way, or upload a pic and it will tell you what plant/animal/etc it is, sometimes, or iirc it will translate texts. But it does both in real time too. I have an iPhone and use it a lot.