Snap an iPhone pic of an indecipherable sign, menu, etc., and this 99-cent, locally developed app will use optical character recognition to translate from 16 languages, plus pull up geo-relevant Wiki entries, and provide audible pronunciation tips, because how will you ever navigate foreign lands without knowing how to properly intone "Caution: Deaf Children at Play"?

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Get the app, see it work YouTube style, and give feedback at PicTranslator.com