SpeechTrans app

The SpeechTrans app, which requires a data connection, can translate speech or text in real time in more than 40 languages.

With the app’s image mode, you can take a picture using a smartphone or tablet, identify the area in the picture with text to be translated, and the app will try to translate it.

With the app’s speech-translation mode, someone speaks in their language into your device, and it will be spoken back into English (or vice versa). For optimal results, a fast data connection and a quiet environment will be needed.

The app costs $1.99 per month or $11.99 per year. Download it on the App Store, Google Play or the Windows Phone store.