Babylon.com Launches New Mobile Applications Available for iPhone, Android and Windows Phone

NEW YORK, May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Babylon.com, the leading language solutions provider, releases a suite of new translation apps in dozens of different languages for iPhone, Android and Windows Phone. Babylon's most downloaded translation software is now available free of charge on smartphones.

"Babylon aims to bridge the language gap. For example, when you are in a foreign country and unfamiliar with the language and want to order lunch from a menu, Babylon will help you do that. With Babylon apps, you can communicate in dozens of languages of your choice. Easily, everywhere, anytime," says Liat Sade-Sternberg, Babylon's VP of Marketing & Sales.

These three mobile applications are Babylon.com's latest development, and share one primary objective: Making translations simple, easy and fun for smartphones users.

"The new applications provide our users with a groundbreaking mobile platform experience and enable communication in multiple languages, making international social and business collaboration conversant," explains Oren Azulay, Babylon's VP of Products.

The Babylon Touch for iPhone - Babylon's One-Touch Translator. Tap the application icon, choose the language of the hard copy, capture the term and get instant translation.

Babylon Touch enables translation of a term from any hard copy text directly to your phone with a touch.  Whether you are sitting at a restaurant reading a menu or visiting a store in a foreign country or just at home reading a newspaper, simply open the application, point the embedded camera over the text and touch the term requested. This app is available in nine source languages (English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Korean Portuguese, Russian and Spanish -- with more to come) and offers translation into 32 different languages.                                                

Babylon Touch for Android devices is soon to be released. 

The Babylon Translator for Android delivers instant, quick and comprehensive dictionary results in dozens of languages to your mobile. The easy to use interface allows you to copy any term or text from your email, browser or any digital interface and provides instant access to over 1,500 dictionaries and glossaries in multiple languages to receive the best full text translations -- absolutely free of charge!                                                                                                                                             

Babylon Translator for Windows Phone offers full text translations with the ability to search for any single term. Get instant access to over 1,500 dictionaries and glossaries in multiple languages. With one touch, app users can easily switch between 'dictionary' and 'text' modes. The app also offers an embedded converter, for currencies, measurements and time zones.

Go to our virtual media room and see how it works: babylon.com/mediaroom/mobile

About Babylon.com

Babylon.com is a publicly traded company founded in 1997. The Company is a leading provider of language solutions such as online dictionary  and translation software, translation services, language learning solutions, English writing enhancement and more. Babylon.com is in the top 45 most popular websites worldwide, The Babylon.com user base exceeds 150 million desktop installations in more than 231 markets and supports 75 languages.

SOURCE Babylon.com