For trips abroad
Snap it. Get it.
Menus, medicine labels, train tickets, shrine fortunes. Tourio puts the translation right on the photo, then tells you what you're looking at: what it is, what it costs, what to watch out for.
Real Tourio results on real photos.
One photo, three steps
No typing, and no guessing which characters you're looking at.
- Original
1
Take a photo
Point your camera at anything with writing on it, or pick a photo you already took.
- Translation
2
Read it in place
Each block of text is translated where it sits, so the menu still looks like the menu.
Izakaya Entrance Menu
This display advertises an evening Japanese pub’s early-bird set, grilled skewers, Kagoshima chicken, and shōchū.
✦Weekday ¥500 set
Available on weekdays from opening until 6:00 p.m. Choose a drink, such as draft beer or the house highball, and one snack, including tender offal stew, potato salad, bean sprouts, or island shallots. Selection is subject to availability.
Items shown
Meat and offal skewers
from ¥120 each
The board lists cuts such as rectum, uterus, tongue, and heart; orders start from two skewers.
Today’s vegetable skewer
from ¥140
Kagoshima jidori chicken sashimi
¥500
Direct from Kagoshima and described as low-temperature treated.
⚠Raw chicken caution
Chicken sashimi may be raw or only lightly cooked. Low-temperature treatment does not eliminate all food-poisoning risk; pregnant, elderly, immunocompromised, and very young diners should avoid it.
◆What the display tells you
The lower panel is decorated with labels from Japanese sake and authentic sweet-potato shōchū brands, signaling a drinks-focused izakaya. The ceramic tanuki outside is a common welcoming and good-luck figure at Japanese restaurants.
Information3
Know what it is
A short card explains it: the dishes and prices, how to use a product, what a fortune says.
Whatever the trip puts in front of you
Tourio works out what kind of thing it is reading, and explains it the way you need it.
Skincare and medicine
Read the label, what it does and how to use it before you buy.
Street signs
Directions, rules and opening hours along the street.
Snacks and packaging
What's inside, and the allergens on the back.
Landmarks and sights
Point at a famous building or view and Tourio tells you what it is.
Everything on the road
Menus, signs, medicine, tickets, paperwork, even landmarks with no text. In any language.
Your language, wherever you go
Tourio reads Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Thai and most other writing, and translates it into any of these ten languages. Pick yours once in the app.
- English
- Tiếng Việt
- 日本語
- 한국어
- 简体中文
- 繁體中文
- ไทย
- Français
- Español
- Deutsch
Every photo becomes a page in your journal
Each translation is saved on your phone, so you can open it again at the table, on the platform or back home.
- Kept on your phone, readable with no signal
- Share a translation with the people you travel with
- Wrong kind of thing? Tell Tourio it's a menu or a medicine and it reads it again
Questions
Which languages does Tourio translate into?
English, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Thai, French, Spanish and German. It reads text in many more, including the scripts you meet across Asia and Europe.
Do I need an internet connection?
Yes, to read a new photo, because Tourio's server reads and translates it. Your journal is stored on your phone, so earlier pages open without a connection.
What happens to my photos?
When you scan, the photo is sent to Tourio's server to be read, translated and explained. Your journal, with every photo and its translation, is kept on your phone.
Can I trust the translation?
Translations and information are written by AI and can be imperfect. For anything that matters, like allergies or medicine doses, double-check with the staff.
What if there's no text in the photo?
Tourio still has a go: point it at a landmark or a dish and it tells you what it sees.
Which phones does it run on?
iPhone and Android phones.
Take Tourio on your next trip
Tourio is coming soon to the App Store and Google Play.