Chennai: To mark Madras day, Snapchat has introduced ‘Learn Tamil’ lens that allows people from across the country to get acquainted with the language in a fun and interactive way through Augmented Reality.
The lens uses Augmented Reality and machine learning to recognise over 1000 objects and translate their name to Tamil in real-time. Snapchatters just have to point their cameras at an object to scan it, and the Lens automatically displays the English and Tamil names, along with a phonetic transcription of the word to help with pronunciation.