>> HO: Hi. My name is Casey. I'm a Software Engineer with Google and I'm here today to
tell you about visual search in Google Goggles. So visual search is for those moments when
you can't quite put what you want to search for into words. A great example of this is
with artwork. When you're looking at a painting you don't know the name of, it's really hard
to come up with the right search terms. But with Google Goggles, you can take a picture
and then use that picture as your query. So, for example, let's try with this picture I
have.
So Goggles came back and it told us it's Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night. Now, an even more
magical thing that Google Goggles can do is with landmarks. So, say you're on a trip and
you see this building you don't recognize, you can use Google Goggles and take a picture
of that building and it should come back with information about it. Let's try it out on
this photo I took during one of my vacations. This time, Google Goggles came back with Beijing
National Stadium. That's pretty cool. Even more amazing is Goggles' translate feature.
What it can do is take a picture and then translate whatever text is in that picture
into whatever language you want. Let's try it out on this German menu I have. I'm going
to use the "crop" button here in the corner; it helps us take a more accurate photo. And
there you have it. Goggles has recognized those texts in the photo, extracted it, and
translated it into English for us--spring salad with wild herbs wrapped in parmesan
cheese and bacon. It sounds delicious. When you take a picture of something and it comes
back just like that and tells you all these information, it's really exciting. And it's
only going to get better if, you know, more and more people use it and we work together
to make it a better product. it helps us take a more accurate photo. And
there you have it. Goggles has recognized those texts in the photo, extracted it, and
translated it into English for us--spring salad with wild herbs wrapped in parmesan
cheese and b
