A mobile application that utilizes Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Google Gemini's API to identify and translate Miami-specific cultural phrases from images in real-time. Puente aims to help Miami become a smarter, more inclusive city by fostering strong connections amongst its multicultural population.
- Image Upload: Upload an image from your device's gallery or camera.
- Text Extraction: Automatically extracts text from provided images using Tesseract OCR.
- AI-Powered Translation: Identifies and provides contextual explanations for cultural terms common in South Florida
Frontend:
- React Native (cross-platform, IOS + Android)
- TypeScript
Backend:
- Python
- FastAPI
- Google Gemini API
- PyTesseract (for OCR)
- Phrase Cards
- Dialect Detection + Translation
- Community Glossary
- Auditory Mechanisms