InstaLingo is a mobile application that allows users to instantly translate text from images. It combines image recognition, text extraction, and translation capabilities to provide a seamless language learning experience.
- Image-to-text extraction using Google Cloud Vision API
- Text translation using Google Translate API
- Text-to-speech functionality for pronunciation practice
- User authentication and profile management
- Local and cloud-based storage of extracted texts
- Cross-platform support (iOS and Android)
- React Native with Expo
- Firebase (Authentication, Firestore)
- Google Cloud Vision API
- Google Translate API
- Google Text-to-Speech API
- SQLite for local storage
- NativeWind for styling
- Node.js (v14 or later)
- Expo CLI
- Firebase account
- Google Cloud Platform account with Vision, Translate, and Text-to-Speech APIs enabled
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Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/instalingo.git cd instalingo -
Install dependencies:
npm install -
Set up environment variables: Create a
.envfile in the root directory and add the following:VISION_API_KEY=your_vision_api_key GOOGLE_TRANSLATE_API_KEY=your_translate_api_key GOOGLE_TTS_API_KEY=your_tts_api_key FIREBASE_API_KEY=your_firebase_api_key FIREBASE_APP_ID=your_firebase_app_id WEB_CLIENT_ID=your_google_web_client_id -
Start the development server:
expo start
To build the app for production:
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For iOS:
eas build --platform ios -
For Android:
eas build --platform android
For more detailed instructions on deploying to app stores, refer to the Expo documentation.
Contributions are welcome! Please read our CONTRIBUTING.md for details on our code of conduct and the process for submitting pull requests.
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.