SayLens: Language Camera

Point your camera at Chinese text and SayLens shows you how to say it. Tone-coloured Pinyin for Mandarin, or Jyutping or Yale for Cantonese, appears over every line of a menu, sign or brochure, live in the camera and on the photo you take. Tap a line for its meaning, hear it spoken, or show it full screen to the person you're talking to. SayLens is a language camera for saying things out loud, not just understanding them. It reads Chinese text in Simplified and Traditional characters, with Mandarin and Cantonese readings. SEE HOW TO SAY IT • Readings appear over each line as you point the camera, sized to the printed text • Mandarin: Pinyin with tone marks (gōng bǎo jī dīng) • Cantonese: Jyutping (gung1 bou2 gai1 ding1) or Yale (gūng bóu gāi dīng) • Switch between Mandarin and Cantonese at the top of the screen • Tap the shutter to keep the photo: the readings stay on it, and you can…