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Guides and tips for translating text from photos and screenshots.

5 tips for more accurate photo translations

Get close and fill the frame. Larger text is recognised far more reliably than small text in a wide shot.
Avoid glare and shadows. Even, bright lighting gives the OCR clean edges to work with.
Keep it straight. Photograph signs and pages head-on rather than at a steep angle.
Use screenshots when you can. Digital text in a screenshot is sharper than a photo of a screen.
Choose the source language for non-Latin scripts. For Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Hindi and similar scripts, selecting the language loads the right recognition model.