HanCam in 30 Seconds: the Chinese to Pinyin Camera
Point your iPhone at Chinese text and read three lines together: the characters, the pinyin with tone marks, and the meaning. This short video shows how it works.
Free for iPhone and iPad · iOS 18 or later · unlimited reading, 10 free copies a day
What the video shows
Transcript
Your camera can tell you what a Chinese sign means. Most camera translators skip the pinyin.
HanCam shows all three, live: the characters, the pinyin with tone marks, and the meaning.
Freeze the frame, then copy or share all three lines.
It reads photos and screenshots too.
And it shows the meaning in your language.
HanCam. On your iPhone. Nothing you scan is uploaded.
Good to know
- The screens in the video are HanCam's own screenshots, set in motion. In the app the three lines appear about twice a second while you hold the camera on the text.
- HanCam reads printed Chinese in horizontal lines, Simplified and Traditional.
- It works offline once the language pack is installed.