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Translate Korean signs and menus on sight

Point Tova at any hangul, tap the shutter, and read it in English — with revised romanization above each syllable so you can sound it out and say it.

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How it works

Read it in three steps

Set the scan language to Korean, aim the camera at the sign or menu, and tap the shutter.
Tova shows the English translation with romanization above each hangul syllable, and you can tap to listen.
Hear the Korean spoken aloud before you ask for it, and save it to Favourites.

Common questions

Yes — Tova shows revised romanization above every hangul syllable, so you can read a sign out loud even if you don't know the script yet.

The camera and on-device translation keep working offline, so subway signage and basement-restaurant menus translate even with no signal.

Voice and text translation span 118 languages, and the camera reads 11 scripts including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Arabic, and Hebrew.