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[iOS] $0: HanYou - Chinese Recognizer @ iTunes - Offline OCR Using Camera (Normally $5.99)

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[iOS] $0: HanYou - Chinese Recognizer @ iTunes - Offline OCR Using Camera (Normally $5.99)
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RockyRaccoon on 09/05/2019 - 07:45 itunes.apple.com (455 clicks)
Last edited 09/05/2019 - 11:54 by 1 other user

Not having a chinese bone in my body (at least according to my known family tree), this appeals to me, but have no idea on the quality here. I may just end up in a chinese prison after insulting a local by telling them to go get Notted when asking for directions to the nearest bathroom.

Note Appshopper shows this as $5.99 but I downloaded it for free from the Aust App store a few minutes before posting this. It maybe mean its either just listed free or just ending soon.

Maybe some of our Chinese speaking friends can vouch for the effectiveness of this

Description shameless copied from the product description

DICTIONARY:
• Multiple target languages availables: English, German, French and Hungarian
• Search Chinese words from in any kind of input: Traditional / Simplified / Pinyins
• You can also search the other way and input foreign words in the search bar
• Fast and accurate Handwriting Recognition
• Intuitive Radical search
• Search words that either start with / end with / contain the query word
• Example sentences (> 10K) built from various sources
• Build vocabulary lists of Chinese words (which you can share as files or text in many ways)
• Listen to the Chinese pronunciation of words through the "Speak" function

OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION (OCR):
• A powerful Optical Character Recognition (OCR) engine which lets you translate Chinese characters in images
• HanYou recognizes more that 13000 Chinese characters
• HanYou recognizes both Traditional and Simplified characters
• You can recognize Chinese text with your Live Camera or on Still Pictures (from your camera roll)
• Read either horizontal or vertical Chinese text

TEXT ANALYZER:
• Add Pinyins in Safari! Whenever you are browsing on a web page with Chinese text, tap the "share" button at the bottom and select "HanYou Add Pinyins" to display all pinyins
• Paste some text, or import it from the OCR modes, into the text analyzer to get definitions of each word in the text
• Pinyins are also displayed automatically
• Listen to the Chinese text with the "Speak" function

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  • Lizard Spock on 09/05/2019 - 07:57
    -6

    It keeps translating everthing as “All Hail Chairman Mao”. I think I need to update.

    • RockyRaccoon on 09/05/2019 - 08:00

      Well if that is the case I am sure you will get great service in China even services you may not want … 👮🏽‍♀️

      • Lizard Spock on 09/05/2019 - 08:17

        All good. Updated and it says Xi Jinping now.

  • PVA on 09/05/2019 - 08:47
    +3

    Google translate app is fantastic. And free.
    Haven't tried this one though.

    • OzBurger on 09/05/2019 - 11:31

      I use Google Translate for Japanese and am very happy with the results.

      Always fun to show people how to use it in OCR camera mode.

    • laser on 09/05/2019 - 22:38

      Yes but it didnt work in China

  • jv on 09/05/2019 - 09:53
    +5

    Chinese Recognizer @ iTunes

    Scott Morrison could use one of these…

    • [Deactivated] on 09/05/2019 - 10:29

      Kevin Rudd down vote this app.

    • 0jay on 09/05/2019 - 10:30

      Where do people get off calling that racism? At worst it’s just garden variety ignorance. How many people can distinguish Japanese from Korean or Chinese features? I dare say it’s racist to suggest that you can.

      Not that I’ve any interest in defending Morrison who’s clearly being an utter dick to think he’s being clever greeting any stranger in another language.

      • slowFTL on 09/05/2019 - 10:39

        Isn't there some Chinese characters in Japanese written language?

        • OzBurger on 09/05/2019 - 11:32
          +2

          Yes, this is true.
          Japanese use the same form of Kanji as Taiwanese use.
          Mainland China uses a simplified form of Kanji.

      • laser on 09/05/2019 - 22:49

        Its not that hard to distinguish between them, once you make an effort to get to know them. It is racist in that you are not able to distinguish between them because you never made the effort to get to know them in the first place, most likely because a mental block prevented you from associating with them.

        • 0jay on 10/05/2019 - 11:34
          +1

          Y can distinguish by sight can ya? Damn. That’s a skill a lot of asian people don’t posess.

          • laser on 10/05/2019 - 15:27
            -1

            @0jay: Yep, with the Korean woman, that ScoMo mistook for Chinese, it was really easy, Chinese are for the most part, not that stocky.

            • 0jay on 10/05/2019 - 16:10
              +1

              @laser: Ok so that kind of generalisation is simply false. What would constitute a ‘Chinese build’ is extraordinarily variable. It is a huge country with an enormously diverse population and suggesting there are physical traits that correspond to some racial profile is categorically racist, yo.

    • AshleyLiang on 09/05/2019 - 14:01

      Apparently the Korean lady said something that sounded like Ni Hao (Hello in Chinese) with someone else just right before she approached Scott, which confused Scott so naturally he replied with Ni Hao. I think that might be a trap:P

  • Gleung on 09/05/2019 - 10:09
    +3

    Just downloaded and tried it briefly. Not that accurate and quite cumbersome to use to br useful. May be fun trying it out but won’t consider it a productivity tool. Certainly I am also sceptical of what user information is being collected as well (I am a Chinese native speaker from Hong Kong)

  • Jesterr on 09/05/2019 - 11:07

    Thanks. Downloading now

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