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The Camera feature allows you to either take an image and highlight the recognizable text in the image. But you can also hover the camera over an image (say, a food label) and see the translation in real time if you hold the phone steady. The Handwriting feature lets you take your shot at using your finger to trace a letter or character that you’re looking to find the meaning of. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/60c91fd5a051025153e6253d/t/60e51309c45e413d2cc142e3/1625627303638/2019-04-16%2B11.27.50.jpg Blog - Travel to Japan: Tips from an American’s First Visit in 2019 - If you fail to look up, you might miss something magical. 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With any luck, they will kindly nod their head and say “hai dozo,” “yes, go ahead.” https://static1.squarespace.com/static/60c91fd5a051025153e6253d/t/60dcc6064bfb2137fd827566/1625103608572/2019-04-17+11.18.38.jpg Blog - Travel to Japan: Tips from an American’s First Visit in 2019 - Make it stand out Photo by me, taken at teamLab Borderless musuem in Tokyo, April 2019 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/60c91fd5a051025153e6253d/t/60e513c6c0e1c746cb0bfc17/1625627257254/2019-04-18%2B10.29.53.jpg Blog - Travel to Japan: Tips from an American’s First Visit in 2019 - Photo of myself and my partner Taken at the Fujisan World Heritage Center on April 18th, 2019 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/60c91fd5a051025153e6253d/t/60e5229dcf25c82c1046f3ff/1625629531919/2021-07-06+23.40.33-2.jpg Blog - Travel to Japan: Tips from an American’s First Visit in 2019 - Using the ‘Conversation’ feature in the app with Auto turned on made it so that when I spoke, my English was recognized and translated into Japanese, displaying text while also automatically playing the audio. Then without pushing a button, the app recognizes the Japanese spoken and displays the text and voices the text to English. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/60c91fd5a051025153e6253d/t/60e52c7a8452730570a2a6b9/1625632196976/2019-04-11+21.24.54.jpg Blog - Travel to Japan: Tips from an American’s First Visit in 2019 - Make it stand out The word "okonomiyaki" is derived from "okonomi" meaning "as you like" and "yaki" meaning "grilled”. 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