<s>
Word	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
was	O
an	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
translation	O
application	O
from	O
Quest	O
Visual	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
used	O
the	O
built-in	O
cameras	O
on	O
smartphones	O
and	O
similar	O
devices	O
to	O
quickly	O
scan	O
and	O
identify	O
foreign	O
text	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
that	O
found	O
in	O
a	O
sign	O
or	O
a	O
menu	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
translated	O
and	O
displayed	O
the	O
words	O
in	O
another	O
language	O
on	O
the	O
device	O
's	O
display	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
early	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
application	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	O
's	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
,	O
iPod	B-Device
,	O
and	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
for	O
a	O
selection	O
of	O
Android	B-Application
smartphones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
,	O
there	O
were	O
both	O
the	O
free	O
demo	O
and	O
the	O
full	O
translation-enabled	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
unveiling	O
of	O
its	O
Glass	O
Development	O
Kit	O
in	O
November	O
2013	O
,	O
translation	O
capabilities	O
of	O
Word	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
were	O
also	O
demonstrated	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
Glass	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
January	O
2014	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
article	O
,	O
Word	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
was	O
free	O
for	O
Google	B-Application
Glass	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
acquired	O
Quest	O
Visual	O
on	O
May	O
16	O
,	O
2014	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
incorporate	O
Word	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
into	O
its	O
Google	B-Application
Translate	I-Application
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
all	O
Word	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
language	O
packs	O
were	O
available	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
until	O
January	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
feature	O
was	O
incorporated	O
into	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Translate	O
app	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
January	O
14	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
is	O
an	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
application	O
that	O
recognizes	O
printed	O
words	O
using	O
its	O
optical	B-Application
character	I-Application
recognition	I-Application
capabilities	O
and	O
instantly	O
translates	O
these	O
words	O
into	O
the	O
desired	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
default	O
mode	O
,	O
Word	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
performs	O
real-time	O
translation	O
,	O
but	O
can	O
be	O
paused	O
to	O
display	O
a	O
single	O
frame	O
or	O
to	O
look	O
up	O
alternative	O
translations	O
of	O
each	O
specific	O
word	O
in	O
that	O
frame	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
16	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
and	O
received	O
significant	O
amount	O
of	O
attention	O
soon	O
after	O
,	O
including	O
Wired	O
,	O
The	O
Economist	O
,	O
CNN	B-Architecture
,	O
the	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
,	O
Forbes	O
,	O
the	O
Wall	O
Street	O
Journal	O
,	O
MIT	O
Technology	O
Review	O
,	O
and	O
~	O
2.5	O
million	O
views	O
on	O
YouTube	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
6	O
days	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
Word	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
was	O
featured	O
in	O
the	O
Apple	O
ad	O
for	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
5S	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
application	O
is	O
currently	O
available	O
as	O
Word	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
2.2.3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
requires	O
iPhone	O
3GS+	O
,	O
iPod	B-Device
Touch	I-Device
with	O
a	O
video	O
camera	O
,	O
iPad	O
2+	O
,	O
or	O
any	O
iPad	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Word	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
a	O
selection	O
of	O
Android	B-Application
smartphones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
Word	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
became	O
available	O
for	O
Google	B-Application
Glass	I-Application
,	O
even	O
though	O
Google	B-Application
Glass	I-Application
itself	O
is	O
not	O
yet	O
freely	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
acquisition	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
in	O
May	O
2014	O
,	O
all	O
previously	O
released	O
language	O
packs	O
can	O
be	O
downloaded	O
for	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
speculated	O
that	O
through	O
incorporation	O
into	O
Google	B-Application
Translate	I-Application
,	O
Word	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
would	O
be	O
extended	O
to	O
"	O
broad	O
language	O
coverage	O
and	O
translation	O
capabilities	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
its	O
description	O
,	O
Word	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
is	O
best	O
used	O
on	O
clearly	O
printed	O
text	O
and	O
was	O
not	O
designed	O
to	O
translate	O
handwritten	O
or	O
stylized	O
fonts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Otavio	O
Good	O
,	O
a	O
former	O
video	O
game	O
developer	O
and	O
the	O
founder	O
of	O
Quest	O
Visual	O
,	O
John	O
DeWeese	O
,	O
who	O
previously	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
game	O
Spore	B-Application
,	O
and	O
programmers	O
Maia	O
Good	O
,	O
Bryan	O
Lin	O
and	O
Eric	O
Park	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Goggles	O
application	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
has	O
the	O
capability	O
to	O
translate	O
text	O
or	O
identify	O
objects	O
in	O
an	O
image	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
requires	O
users	O
to	O
take	O
a	O
picture	O
with	O
their	O
phones	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
active	O
internet	O
connection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
does	O
it	O
on	O
the	O
fly	O
,	O
meaning	O
it	O
's	O
interpreting	O
frames	O
in	O
video	O
,	O
almost	O
in	O
real	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Articles	O
in	O
the	O
Wall	O
Street	O
Journal	O
and	O
Tom	O
's	O
Guide	O
cited	O
Clarke	O
's	O
third	O
law	O
describing	O
Word	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
:	O
"	O
Any	O
sufficiently	O
advanced	O
technology	O
is	O
indistinguishable	O
from	O
magic	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
journalist	O
David	O
Pogue	O
included	O
Word	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
in	O
his	O
list	O
of	O
"	O
the	O
best	O
tech	O
ideas	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
"	O
2010	O
(	O
10	O
ideas	O
total	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Wall	O
Street	O
Journal	O
article	O
by	O
Ben	O
Rooney	O
,	O
Word	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
received	O
a	O
rating	O
of	O
4/5	O
and	O
was	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
sort	O
of	O
magic	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
was	O
chosen	O
as	O
a	O
finalist	O
for	O
the	O
2010	O
Crunchies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Otavio	O
Good	O
won	O
the	O
Netexplo	O
award	O
in	O
the	O
category	O
Innovation	O
&	O
Technology	O
presented	O
at	O
the	O
UNESCO	O
headquarters	O
for	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
Word	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
App	O
Smart	O
columnist	O
Kit	O
Eaton	O
included	O
Word	B-Application
Lens	I-Application
into	O
his	O
list	O
of	O
favorite	O
apps	O
.	O
</s>
