How to Scan and Translate on iPhone? (Step by Step)

Gone are the days where needing to translate something important stops you in your tracks. Thanks to the UPDF app it’s never been easier to scan and translate text using an iPhone. Download the UPDF app for iOS today via the below button or go to App Store for a free trial, then follow the instructions below to find out how you can easily scan and translate PDF’s on your iPhone.

There are many situations we can find ourselves in where we’ll need a quick text translation; For example, do you work with international clients? Are you going on holiday and need to find your way around, or decipher a confusing menu? Perhaps you’re gearing up to move to a different country, or study abroad, and you need help getting to grips with another language, fast? Maybe you just need a helping hand with ordering something from overseas and reading instructions?

Whatever the scenario, make life simpler by following the steps below on how to scan and translate text using an iPhone…

Part 1. How to Scan and Translate on iPhone?

The first step takes less than a minute, you just need to download the UPDF for iOS app and create a login. UPDF for iOS has a scan to PDF function, OCR (Optical Character Recognition - technology that recognizes text within a digital image), and uses UPDF AI to help users translate text content to any language. The reason to use this method is that you can use 30 free tasks to translate.

• You can open UPDF on your iPhone and select the “Scanner” option in the bottom right corner, then tap on the camera symbol so you can scan the image with text you would like to translate.

• Center the text image using your camera lens, tap the circle symbol within the app to capture what you need, then tap “Done”.

• You can find your scanned image in the “My Scans” folder. Tap the three dots on your document, then select “Convert to PDF” and save it within the UPDF app.

• Locate and then open up your new PDF, hold your thumb down on it until you can see a white box which says “Select All” and “Select All Comments”. Tap the arrow to the right until you can see and select “OCR”.

• Once you have done that, the OCR symbol will appear in the bottom right corner (it looks like a small square with lines in it). Tap the OCR symbol and boxes will appear around the text within the image.

• Hold down your thumb again somewhere on the text until the option to “Copy” appears. Now copy all the text you plan to have translated.

• The next step would be to come out of the document and select the “UPDF AI” option.

• Create an appropriate prompt like “Could you translate the following text from French to English?” followed by pasting the text you had just copied into the “Ask something…” box at the bottom of the screen.

• Tap the arrow and voilȧ! A complete translation of your chosen text will appear on your phone screen almost immediately.

This method of scanning text and translating it on your iPhone via the UPDF app is extremely quick and efficient. It is an excellent option if you’re short on time, you’re on the move or you don’t have access to a computer for whatever reason. Once again, you can download the UPDF for iOS app for free via the below button, and you can find out more about UPDF for iOS by reading this fantastic article, or watching this informative video.

Final Words

For those of you who travel a lot, for those modern day professionals, and everyone in between; this is the app you have been looking for! It’s great to know that apps like UPDF are helping to bridge language barriers just by using an iPhone. You too can scan and translate on your iPhone today by downloading the UPDF app for iOS for free today. UPDF has 30 free prompts to use. If you like this tool and want to use for a long time, you can upgrade to pro version at a low price.