<s>
Image	B-Algorithm
translation	I-Algorithm
is	O
the	O
machine	B-Application
translation	I-Application
of	O
images	O
of	O
printed	O
text	O
(	O
posters	O
,	O
banners	O
,	O
menus	O
,	O
screenshots	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
done	O
by	O
applying	O
optical	B-Application
character	I-Application
recognition	I-Application
(	O
OCR	O
)	O
technology	O
to	O
an	O
image	O
to	O
extract	O
any	O
text	O
contained	O
in	O
the	O
image	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
have	O
this	O
text	O
translated	O
into	O
a	O
language	O
of	O
their	O
choice	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
applying	O
digital	B-Algorithm
image	I-Algorithm
processing	I-Algorithm
on	O
the	O
original	O
image	O
to	O
get	O
the	O
translated	O
image	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Machine	B-Application
translation	I-Application
made	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
internet	O
(	O
web	O
and	O
mobile	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
notable	O
advance	O
in	O
multilingual	O
communication	O
eliminating	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
an	O
intermediary	O
translator/interpreter	O
,	O
translating	O
foreign	O
texts	O
still	O
poses	O
a	O
problem	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
as	O
they	O
cannot	O
be	O
expected	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
type	O
the	O
foreign	O
text	O
they	O
wish	O
to	O
translate	O
and	O
understand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taking	O
the	O
text	O
scanning	O
facility	O
one	O
step	O
further	O
,	O
image	B-Algorithm
translation	I-Algorithm
emerged	O
,	O
giving	O
users	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
capture	O
text	O
with	O
their	O
mobile	O
phone	O
's	O
camera	O
,	O
extract	O
the	O
text	O
,	O
and	O
have	O
it	O
translated	O
in	O
their	O
own	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
and	O
more	O
applications	O
emerged	O
on	O
this	O
technology	O
including	O
Word	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
getting	O
acquired	O
by	O
Google	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
made	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Translate	I-Application
mobile	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
simultaneous	O
advancement	O
in	O
Image	B-Algorithm
Processing	I-Algorithm
,	O
has	O
also	O
made	O
it	O
possible	O
now	O
to	O
replace	O
the	O
text	O
on	O
the	O
image	O
with	O
the	O
translated	O
text	O
and	O
create	O
a	O
new	O
image	O
altogether	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
image	B-Algorithm
translation	I-Algorithm
service	O
springs	O
from	O
the	O
advances	O
in	O
OCR	O
technology	O
(	O
miniaturization	O
and	O
reduction	O
of	O
memory	O
resources	O
consumed	O
)	O
enabling	O
text	O
scanning	O
on	O
mobile	O
telephones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Combining	O
the	O
text	O
scanner	O
function	O
with	O
machine	B-Application
translation	I-Application
technology	O
was	O
first	O
made	O
by	O
US	O
company	O
RantNetwork	O
who	O
in	O
July	O
2007	O
started	O
selling	O
the	O
Communilator	O
,	O
a	O
machine	B-Application
translation	I-Application
application	O
for	O
mobile	O
devices	O
featuring	O
the	O
Image	B-Algorithm
Translation	I-Algorithm
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Again	O
in	O
April	O
2008	O
,	O
Korean	O
company	O
Unichal	O
Inc	O
.	O
released	O
their	O
handheld	O
Dixau	O
text	O
scanner	O
capable	O
of	O
scanning	O
and	O
recognizing	O
English	O
text	O
and	O
then	O
translating	O
it	O
into	O
Korean	O
using	O
online	O
translation	O
tools	O
such	O
as	O
Wikipedia	O
or	O
Google	B-Application
Translate	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2014	O
,	O
Google	O
acquired	O
Word	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
to	O
improve	O
the	O
quality	O
of	O
visual	O
and	O
voice	O
translation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
image	B-Algorithm
translation	I-Algorithm
is	O
offered	O
by	O
the	O
following	O
companies	O
:	O
</s>
