Menu Translator

Six years ago, I spent a semester in Taiwan as an exchange student. While I loved trying all the amazing food there, I seldomly had any Idea what I was ordering. Google Lens/Translate was usually terrible at translating dishes into something understandable. It hasn't improved much since then. Currently, I am in Spain where most restaurants have a menu of the day, usually handwritten. If Google Lens recognises the dish name at all, translating "ropa vieja" to "old clothes" doesn't help me understand what I'll be eating. This is why I made Menu Translator App. It uses the latest Vision AI models to recognise restaurant menus, which works quite well even if they are handwritten and hardly legible. It then provides a list of the dishes in the original language along with an explanation in English (rather than a literal translation). A short press on a dish reveals more information, such as dish photos and the pronunciation. A long press highlights the dish. Before Menu Translator App, I often ordered blindly. But I have good friends with dietary restrictions for whom this is not an option. Menu Translator App has an option to select dietary restrictions in the settings (e.g. vegetarian or halal diet). The app then makes an estimate which dishes could be suitable for this diet. This has to be confirmed with the waiter of course, but gives a good idea for filtering. Menus in 80+ languages can be recognised and will be explained in the local device language.