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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by Beep@lemmus.org to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

GitHub Repo.

  • On-device translation using Mozilla's translation models
  • Transliteration of non-latin script
  • OCR (Optical Character Recognition) for translating text in images
  • Automatic language detection
  • Image translation overlay that preserves original formatting
  • Support for multiple language pairs
  • No internet required for translation once models are downloaded
  • All translation happens locally
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Been using it for a while and it works quite well for what it is. It also overlays the translated text on the original image which is nice. The translation engine is the exact same one as the one in firefox and its forks, so dont expect deepl levels but its still perfectly fine for most casual use cases.

[-] dandimrod@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I use it as well and the level of translation is simmilar to the level of google translate in the early 2010s. The main problem it has is that the OCR is not great. It can only detect very clear horizontal texts and has problems in any other use case. Also it gives you a translation but no alternatives that might be good depending on the context but I think that might be outside the scope of this model.

[-] marcie@lemmy.ml 2 points 22 hours ago

my only gripe with it is it should be able to be used as a system assistant ala google lens so i can just hold down circle and activate it

[-] oopsgodisdeadmybad@lemmy.zip 8 points 18 hours ago

What the fuck is "circle"?

[-] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 7 points 18 hours ago

I think they're running it on their PSP or something 😂

[-] oopsgodisdeadmybad@lemmy.zip 0 points 17 hours ago

Lol. I have a guess but don't want to give it away before they answer.

[-] Amaterasu@lemmy.world 7 points 21 hours ago

Cool this is nice! Just confirming, the image translation is only for OCR, right? I mean it doesn't translate a photo of a menu in a restaurant or am I missing something?

[-] jacksilver@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Examples on the page seem to indicate it does OCR then translates the OCR text.

It doesn't seem as fancy as some translation tools that overlay the translation, if that's what you meant.

Edit: actually maybe it can - https://discuss.tchncs.de/comment/23834337

[-] FirmDistribution@lemmy.world 7 points 23 hours ago

yooo this looks dope. Thanks for sharing

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago

Indeed. Commenting to install later at home.

[-] quaff@lemmy.ca 5 points 21 hours ago

Really need it to do Cantonese. That's the only thing keeping me on Google Translate 😓

[-] carrotfox@piefed.social 12 points 1 day ago

Awesome recommendation, thanks!

[-] lgsp@feddit.it 10 points 1 day ago

i use it quite a lot. very useful also in-line translation: you select some text and the context menu offers translation directly without opening the full app.

I'm wondering how ff models compare to smth more modern, like the recent translateGemma stuff (given 12b models reportedly run fine on phones nowadays)

this post was submitted on 10 Feb 2026
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