<story><title>Google Goggles</title><url>http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>bradgessler</author><text>This is a great example of how Google could out-do the iPhone. The more non-trivial mobile applications have some processing that happen in the cloud. If Android phones could translate voice in real-time during a phone call and the iPhone could not, which phone would you consider buying?&lt;p&gt;Realistically though Google wants their services and applications on &lt;i&gt;all&lt;/i&gt; platforms; now if only the App store would approve these...</text></comment>
<story><title>Google Goggles</title><url>http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jodrellblank</author><text>One step closer to photographing a sign in a foreign country and doing OCR followed by Google Translate, maybe followed by overlaying the translated text back on the sign.&lt;p&gt;I think this would be a killer feature. I&apos;ve never had much of a positive response when posting it as an idea previously - is it the case that if it really would be a killer feature, people would be all over the idea as well as the implementation, or is it possible to be a little supported idea that turns into a killer feature?&lt;p&gt;(Edit: Or maybe it&apos;s just more a European thing where several foreign languages are a few hours drive in any direction?)</text></comment>