This might be old news, but I just found out that the Google Translate app will work in conjunction with your smartphone camera and almost instantly translate text off of pictures or objects.
Naturally, I pulled out some of my Japan CD-4 LPs to see what the OBI strips and liner notes actually say, hoping maybe there'd be some info about unreleased titles or stuff like that. It doesn't work perfectly, but overall you get the idea and it’s interesting (and often funny) to see what it does.
Here's the OBI strip from Quincy Jones' Body Heat (King 4D-10) - the text on the back has some interesting instructions about setting up your system caring for CD-4 vinyl.
The description of the title song on The Guess Who's American Woman cracked me up, as did the lyrics to "Yesterday Once More" on The Carpenters' The Singles.
If you've got a lot of Japanese vinyl in your collection, it's worth downloading the app (it's free) and taking a look
Naturally, I pulled out some of my Japan CD-4 LPs to see what the OBI strips and liner notes actually say, hoping maybe there'd be some info about unreleased titles or stuff like that. It doesn't work perfectly, but overall you get the idea and it’s interesting (and often funny) to see what it does.
Here's the OBI strip from Quincy Jones' Body Heat (King 4D-10) - the text on the back has some interesting instructions about setting up your system caring for CD-4 vinyl.
The description of the title song on The Guess Who's American Woman cracked me up, as did the lyrics to "Yesterday Once More" on The Carpenters' The Singles.
If you've got a lot of Japanese vinyl in your collection, it's worth downloading the app (it's free) and taking a look