Tova Translate: Pinyin Romaji

Readings above every character — pinyin, Jyutping, romaji, hangul. Scan any sign, speak with anyone, keep translating offline in China. 118 languages.

Point your camera at the menu. Readings stack over every character — and it still works in China, without a VPN.

Tova Translate is the camera, voice, and text translator built for travel in China, across Asia, and beyond.

WHAT MAKES TOVA DIFFERENT • Real Hanyu Pinyin for Mandarin — above every character, in real time • Real Jyutping for Cantonese — not Mandarin pinyin mapped onto Cantonese • Real romaji for Japanese — above every kana and kanji • Real revised romanization for Korean — above every hangul syllable • 118 target languages, 11 camera scripts, full per-character readings

WORKS OFFLINE IN CHINA — NO VPN When the backend is unreachable, Apple's on-device Translation framework kicks in automatically. No setup, no detours.

LIVE CAMERA OCR Point your camera at a sign, menu, or contract. Tova detects the text and overlays per-character readings in real time. Works across Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Arabic, Hebrew, Devanagari, Tibetan, and more.

TWO-WAY VOICE TRANSLATION On-device speech recognition with natural voice playback. Speak naturally — Tova hears you, transcribes you, translates you, and reads the result back.

BOARDROOM MODE — 3-WAY LIVE TRANSLATION Three speakers, three languages, one conversation. Tova hears all three voices and translates between every pair in real time. Perfect for international meetings, cross-cultural family dinners, and multilingual group travel.

OFFLINE PHRASE PACKS 29 curated travel phrase packs plus the complete CC-CEDICT Chinese dictionary. Download once, use forever.

SAVED PHRASES Build a personal phrase library you can play back anytime.

TIERS • Free — Camera OCR, two-way voice, 118 languages, offline in China • Pro — Saved phrases, premium engines, common replies, glossary, Boardroom 3-way mode, document OCR, PDF upload

Tova Translate is free on the App Store. Pro subscriptions auto-renew until canceled in iOS Settings.

ON YOUR WRIST — TOVA PRO Tova's Apple Watch companion lets you translate without reaching for your phone. Dictate or type on the watch and read the answer with its pinyin, romaji or Jyutping. Speech you translate on the iPhone shows up there too, including the three-way Boardroom line-up, so you can follow a conversation at a glance. The watch is the remote — every translation still runs on your iPhone, so quality, readings and offline behaviour are unchanged. Apple Watch is included with Tova Pro.

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