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FOSS alternative to google lens: offline translator (f-droid.org)
submitted 3 weeks ago by lgsp@feddit.it to c/fdroid@lemmy.ml
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This app is a small jewel:

  • offline translation thanks to firefox translation engine
  • OCR on images with tessercat
  • overlay of translated text on the original image -> awesome!

It's still a young app, but it's really important to go towards de-googling!

Source code: https://github.com/DavidVentura/firefox-translator

crossposted from: https://feddit.it/post/21533667

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[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago

I think that goes for any translator

[-] donio@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Yep, I think in those situations it's best to write in a language you are comfortable with and let the reader use the tools of their choice to figure it out. That way if their first try gives them garbage they can use other methods to figure it out.

I have yet to see a machine translator whose output I'd trust to send out as my own.

this post was submitted on 09 Sep 2025
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