TextGrabber scan and translate app for iPhone and iPad


4.0 ( 6160 ratings )
Business Productivity Utilities
Developer: ABBYY
Free
Current version: 6.13.9, last update: 4 years ago
First release : 02 Jun 2011
App size: 115.2 Mb

ABBYY TextGrabber easily and quickly digitizes fragments of printed text, reads QR codes and turns the recognized result into actions: call, write, translate into 100+ languages online and into 10 languages offline, search in the Internet or on maps, create events on the calendar, edit, voice and share in any convenient way.
When you point a camera at printed text, TextGrabber instantly captures information and recognizes it without connecting to the Internet. A unique real-time recognition mode extracts information in 60+ languages not only from documents but from any surfaces.

Winner of SUPERSTAR Award in the "Mobile Productivity App", "Mobile Image Capture App" and “Text Input” categories in Mobile Star Awards
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“TextGrabber is probably the best app which adds another function to your iPhone: a scanner”- The Irish Times
“The results get delivered relatively fast, which is great. A must-have for students” - appadvice.com
“The Best Image-to-Text App for iPhone” - lifehacker.com
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KEY FEATURES:
• Real-Time Translation directly on the camera screen without taking photos into 100+ languages online (full-text translation) and 10 languages offline (word-by-word translation).
• Innovative Real-Time Recognition mode based on ABBYY RTR SDK technology will digitize printed text directly on the camera screen without taking photographs.
• Text recognition in 60+ languages, including Russian, English, German, Spanish, Greek, Turkish, Chinese and Korean, without an Internet connection.
• All links, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, postal addresses and dates after digitization become clickable: you can click on the link, phone, write an email, find the address on the maps or add an event to the calendar.
• Siri shortcuts. To recognize the last photo with Siri create Siri Shortcut in iPhone settings.
• QR code reader.
• Powerful text-to-speech capability with the VoiceOver system feature.
• Adjustable font sizes and audio prompts to assist visually impaired people: you can increase the font size and use sound prompts to interface elements.
• Share the results to any app installed on the device via the system menu.
• All extracted text is automatically backed up and can be easily found in the “History” folder
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The free version is ad-supported and provides 3 text recognition and translation.

With ABBYY TextGrabber you can save and translate any printed text you need with a tap of your screen:
• Texts from TV screen or smartphone
• Receipts
• Labels and counters
• Travel documents
• Magazine articles and book fragments
• Manuals and instructions
• Recipe ingredients, etc.
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OCR HINT: Please select the appropriate language (up to three at a time) before recognition
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Premium Account auto-renewable subscription allows using all functions of this app. Subscription length periods: 1 month and 1 year. The subscription is automatically renewed at the end of the period unless you choose to cancel the subscription at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. You can manage your subscription and switch off the auto-renewal by accessing your Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription to that publication.
Privacy: https://www.abbyy.com/privacy/
Terms of Use: http://www.textgrabber.pro/en/eula/
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ABBYY TEXTGRABBER IS THE FASTEST WAY TO DIGITIZE, TRANSLATE AND ACTION ANY PRINTED INFORMATION!

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Pros and cons of TextGrabber scan and translate app for iPhone and iPad

TextGrabber scan and translate app good for

The best ORC Ive used on smartphone. Great to help to read documents and books!
Text recognition works pretty well, except when there are equations or "strange" characters inside the text. A general Unicode recognition would be nice.
Thought it makes minor mistakest i need to correct but it didnt fail in just doing what it promised to do. It translate the text you take a photo from into a form you can copy paste and add to your document or archive, what ever. Im a filmmaker thats why i really appreciate that tool cause having an already to use document for remarks and improvements means a lot if you are communicating with a group of people. I got it for free due to some "limited free offer deal" so i can only judge from the xmas point of view. But hell yeah, it works. Just take care that you have decent light to take a photo of the text. Light is always the key.
This app roxs. Best school. I totally recommend it. Great for cooking STUFF
This is the most intuitive app in the App Store!! Thanks for adding the fixed issue with iOS 7 and I hope this app gets better and better at recognizing writing and words as well as translation!!!!
I love it.This app is very powerful and It helps me a lot to save words and translate. Strongly recommend it

Some bad moments

I tried to scan and translate three Chinese text, it doesnt recognize them, even if I set the correct language.
Photo scans ok. But error message when trying to translate. I tried English to French and visa versa. Dont waste your money.
Ive done numerous attempts on Chinese texts and the app failed every time. Not worth my money at all so far.
Pros: Simple EASY to use OCR recognition built-in to app. Doesnt require internet connection. Cons: OCR engine is very basic so not accurate. Perhaps future versions will improve accuracy? Expensive compared to more powerful OCR apps like Pixter (half the cost) that do the CPU intensive heavy lifting online for better results.
App boasts its ability to translate words on a photo, However it needs more work as it cant even translate the simplest Chinese words on both traditional and simplified.
Why is this the free app of the week? Its horrible and overpriced (its not actually free either, it has badly priced in-app purchases.) stick to google translate app.

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