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FOSS alternative to google lens: offline translator (f-droid.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago by lgsp@feddit.it to c/fdroid@lemmy.ml

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This app is a small jewel:

offline translation thanks to firefox translation engine
OCR on images with tessercat
overlay of translated text on the original image -> awesome!

It's still a young app, but it's really important to go towards de-googling!

Source code: https://github.com/DavidVentura/firefox-translator

crossposted from: https://feddit.it/post/21533667

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[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

just tried this today, with most of the other foss translators on fDroid. Uninstalled it after it translated one of my test phrases with the exact opposite.

Don't trust it, if you're trying to communicate with somebody who doesn't speak a language you can understand.

[–] mapleseedfall@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Whats your test phrase? That seems interesting

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

it would be translated to English as "i don't wish you a happy birthday" but "happy birthday" is so common, it is quickly enveloped in "happy birthday", "joyeux anniversaire".

plus some other simple plays on common sayings.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think that goes for any translator

[–] donio@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Yep, I think in those situations it's best to write in a language you are comfortable with and let the reader use the tools of their choice to figure it out. That way if their first try gives them garbage they can use other methods to figure it out.

I have yet to see a machine translator whose output I'd trust to send out as my own.