Tova TranslatePoint your camera at the menu and tap the shutter — Tova reads each dish back in English and stacks real Hanyu Pinyin above every character, so you can say it to the waiter. No typing, no signal required.
Download on theApp StoreFree · No sign-up · Works offline in China — no VPN
Yes. Tova falls back to on-device neural translation when there's no connection, so it keeps working in restaurants with no Wi-Fi and inside mainland China without a VPN. The camera text recognition and per-character pinyin run entirely on your phone.
After you capture, Tova shows authentic Hanyu Pinyin above each Mandarin character, and you can tap any translation to hear it spoken aloud — so you can order out loud, not just point.
Tova is free to download with camera translation, voice, and 118 languages included. Pro adds extras like three-way Boardroom mode and saved-phrase tools, but reading a menu costs nothing.