What the Thing ?
Point camera at things to learn how to say them in a different language.
Native Android App built with React Native.
Made it as a part of my learning process of React and React Native.
Inspired by Thing Translator by dmotz.
How it works ?
Concepts present in captured image are extracted and translated to the given language.
It uses
- Clarifai’s concept recognition from images
- Yandex’s language translation.
Download Signed Release for Android
what_the_thing_1.1.0-release.apk
Try it ?
Get the signed release apk for android from here or follow the steps to build it yourself.
Have a look at the React-native Docs to set up a development environment for React-native and Android.
# Install react-native
$ sudo npm install -g react-native-cli
# Clone repository
$ git clone https://github.com/vigzmv/what_the_thing.git
$ cd what_the_thing
Get your free API keys from Clarifai and Yandex. It is easy and free.
Place them in ./apiKeys.json.
# Install required packages
$ yarn install || npm install
# Install the application on a running Android emulator or a connected Android device
$ react-native run-android
# Run the server/bundler
$ react-native start
# Done !
For a build that doesn’t reqire the development server:
# Bundle debug build
$ react-native bundle --dev false --platform android --entry-file index.android.js --bundle-output ./android/app/build/intermediates/assets/debug/index.android.bundle --assets-dest ./android/app/build/intermediates/res/merged/debug
# Create debug build
$ cd android && ./gradlew assembleDebug
# Generated apk will be located at android/app/build/outputs/apk. Install it with
$ adb install app/build/outputs/apk/app-debug.apk
I would be releasing a signed apk package soon which could be installed directly to device for usage.
Contribute ?
- Fork the repository
- Commit your changes
- Submit a pull request
Follow Github Flow to collaborate!