Worldictionary App Reviews

Its amazing how this works. All I have to do is point my camera!! A must have!

You can read about all the supported languages in the description and also that off-line dictionaries are available through an in-app purchase. After purchasing the app, I was disappointed to learn that the only off-line translations available were Japanese, Chinese and Korean. I contacted support, but there was no reply. Also note that some of the off-line dictionaries have only about 15,000 words meaning that they will translate very few words, if any, in an average sentence.

This is a home-screen app for me. When I spot a character in Japanese that I can’t recognize this handy app will read it most of the time, depending on how small the font is or sometimes how rare the character is. It can even parse out character combinations quite often. These kinds of text-scanner/translators don’t always work perfectly in the field but I am quite satisfied with Worldictionary.

This is a great app for studying

Suddenly i stop working. İt should be improved But when it works its so great for me to read some books

No connection with iPhone 3G. Dramatically disappointed. Just waste of money

went from very good to useless recognizing japanese (even after latest bugfix)

I have tried many other translation apps, and none where able to do what Worldictionary can do. The instantaneous translation is absolutely incredible. I love that you can hear the word pronounced and get the definition of the word and then bookmark it for later. Highly recommend!

It defines AND translates simply by using my phones camera? At first I couldnt believe the description, but I took a chance anyway, and downloaded the app. Im glad I did, because its one of the most useful and convenient apps Ive seen. It works exactly as described, and it does it quickly and without a hitch. Im going to Mexico with the family next month, and this app is pretty much the only translator I need.

As real-time ca,era translators go it works as well as the others. It has some important limitations. The Chinese-English dictionary ONLY works FROM English and cannot translate from Chinese. You Cannot use it to go form Chinese to English. Using the sentence translation is slow and cumbersome. I dont know why it doesnt try to capture a sentence in real time, but you must capture a photo, then accept it, then mark the region, then accept that, and then proof the OCR and accept that, and then initiate. Translation. <Sigh> And, with the sole exception being English-to-Chinese, you must be online.

This is really useless in Japan, I cannot translate anything in Japanese and even if it finds ONE character then it translates it completely wrong... wish I could get a refund

I am honestly floored at all this app is capable of. The accuracy is amazing, it recognizes everything I have tried to take a picture of. The translation is perfect and I have tried so many variations. This is one app that is worth every cent; I simply cannot say enough positive things! 10 stars; HIGHLY recommend!!!

Who has time to look up words away from familiar territory? Youre most likely taking pictures anyway... This app is great for getting an understanding about where you are and whats what. Capture the word or phrase in the camera and get an immediate translation. - For avid language learners like me, you can get the translation in the language youre learning in seconds. Practice ...on the go! If You purchase this app, you wont be disappointed!

Can you believe it? Point your iPhone camera to any texts and get the translation! I dont even need to type in the words! This is a great feature if you are on the go. Highly recommended app!

People this is one app you cant go wrong.... Get this app now!!!!

Great app! Really like the sentence/phrase capability. Do research on historical mathematics and physics papers mostly written is German, Russian, AND Latin. Any chance of adding? Highly useful and recommended.

works exactly as described, with fast live translations. the whole sentence translation from pictures also works pretty well. from my initial testing, it seems to perform much better with Chinese vs European languages - its amazingly accurate with Chinese characters, even easily recognizing multi-character words. theres also an offline dictionary for English to Chinese translation (but strangely, not the other way around). overall its a really terrific app that could help language students and tourists. for future updates, I would really love to see optional downloadable offline dictionaries for languages other than Chinese (or at least add Chinese to english offline).

Got it on sale, a few days later (before i even had a chance to play with it), they push through an "update" requiring the full price. Quite a surprise when i got the iTunes receipt.

I love this app. You just point the sight at any word you want to translate and boom the translation appears. This app is great for travelers who frequent foreign countries and dont speak the language. This app can even save your life if you find your self lost in an unsafe area and you need to rely on signs to make your way to safety. I even use the app to translate words in books or even from the screen on my computer. Well worth the $$$.

This is a "MUST HAVE" app to take along when you travel. You just need to point your phone camera to any word or phrase you need translated and the app will do this for you. Imagine, foreign language signs and menus will no longer be a mystery! It translates from and to a variety of languages and speaks out words it recognizes using voice. The OCR is very fast and accurate. The Google and Wikipedia links are helpful as they can give additional information about words. The built-in dictionary allows you to use it in offline mode as well. A nifty flashlight is a huge boon for when you need extra illumination if its dark. The interface rocks! Its professionally done and easy to use. There is no need for a manual for this app because the interface is really that good. The developers have thought everything through and executed it perfectly.