High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Word Lens is an augmented reality translation application from Quest Visual. Word Lens uses the built-in camera to identify text, such as a sign or a menu, in one language and have the words shown translated into another language. The words are displayed in the original context on the original background, and the translation is performed in real-time without connection to the internet. Word Lens is available for the Apple`s iPhone, iPod, and iPad, as well as for a selection of Android smartphones. The application is free on Apple`s iTunes, but an in-app purchase in necessary to enable translation capabilities. On Google Play, there are both the free demo and the full translation-competnt versions of the application.Word Lens 1.0 was released on December 16, 2010, and received significant amount of attention soon after, including Wired,The Economist,CNN,The New York Times,Forbes,The Wall Street Journal,MIT Technology Review, and ~2.5 million views on YouTube in the first 6 days. Since the application held a No. 1 position on the lists of Top Free Apps and Top Grossing Apps on iTunes for the few days following its release, it is currently described as Top In App Purchases. This application is currently available as Word Lens 1.2.