Users can pick photo, document and whiteboard modes, and the app guesses how to crop the image. Sometimes it needs help. But the strength of Office Lens is in its connection to Microsoft products.

Can our jet packs be far behind? Developed by Quest Visual, Word Lens is an augmented-reality translation app that uses your phone's camera to view printed words and translate them into another ...

Step 1: Install Office Lens on your device, run the app, then give it permission to access your camera. Step 2: The default "view" in the app is a live camera viewfinder. Choose one of the three ...

Quest Visual's Word Lens (free) is a revolutionary augmented-reality app for iOS that instantly translates printed text in photos by using the iPhone's built-in camera, in real-time -- like magic.

If you don't already have Lens on your Android phone, or just want a quicker way to launch the visual search tool, you can go download the free app now. I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer ...

iOS: Word Lens is an app for your iPhone or iPod touch that translates any Spanish or English text your camera can see. And it does it on the fly. And it's amazing. Word Lens is nothing short of ...

Google Lens has been around for a while now, residing in the Photos app, Google Assistant, and the Pixel phones' camera app but Google wants to spread it around even more. At I/O last month ...

Google’s enhancing Google Lens, its computer vision-powered app that brings up information related to the objects it identifies, with new features. Starting today, Lens can surface skin ...

Now, it’s getting even better: the Microsoft Lens portion of the app now promises it can read your handwriting. Microsoft’s Office Lens has quietly existed within Microsoft’s stable of apps ...

If you’re looking for an easier way to access Google Lens, look no further than the new shortcut app now available in the Google Play Store and, for Pixel and Nexus Devices, the Google Camera app.

An curved arrow pointing right. Google's new Lens app can be pointed at various objects and places to tell you what they are, offer reviews, and even automatically connect to WiFi networks.