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Question Smart Phone app

A while ago I came across a smart-phone app which allowed one to point the smart-phone's camera onto any sign, i.e. cyrillic writing, and the app translated this sign into English (or to whatever other language it was set).
I have lost the apps name ...
Anybody knows about this??

Would suit me fine when soon travelling in Siberia.
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In both of my portable devices, a Windows Phone and an Android tablet the Translation original apps have that function.

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Google translate does this. Apparently it's more tricky when it needs to be done offline.
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Word Lens is what you are looking for, I think.
Quest Visual – Google Quest Visual
Seems that Google bought them out. Not sure if it works offline now that it is part of Google Translate.
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Thanks guys, Google translate it is! :-)

Now i'd better make sure that I have a SIM when in Russia - any suggestions for that?
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You can use it offline apparantly so no need for a local sim although they're always usefull if you can get one cheap if you are going to get to know the locals. here is a video of the app in action , looks seriously usefull. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zKU7jDA2nc
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