Hands on with Google Translate: A mix of awesome and OK — mashable.com

Real time translation, the kind we imagined in science fiction is finally within reach. In the space of just a few months, Microsoft has introduced live translation services to Skype (still in preview) and now the latest Google Translate features live, language-detecting, two-way audio translation on its free iOS and Android apps. Like Skype Translator Preview. Google Translate [iTunes link] can handle dozens of languages and will understand and return text and audio translations in real time. Unlike the Microsoft product, Google Translate is not a preview and anyone with an iPhone (iOS 7.0 or higher and Android 2.3 or later) can download and use it today. The updated app also adds the augmented-reality translation tool Word Lens.

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