Yomi

Point at it. Read it.

Yomi reads menus, signs, tickets and bills through your camera, or from a photo you already took. The translation sits right on top of the original, prices show up in your money, and anything you're allergic to turns red.

It works on the train with no signal, in a basement bar, on roaming you switched off.

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A chalkboard outside an izakaya in Japan listing today's specials in handwritten Japanese with yen prices.
  1. Today's picks!
  2. Raw oysters¥880 ≈ $5.90
  3. 3-kind shellfish sashimi¥990 ≈ $6.70
  4. 3-kind horse sashimi¥1,650 ≈ $11.10
  5. Crab cream croquette · shellfish¥580
  6. Tuna & pickle roll¥550 ≈ $3.70
  7. All-you-can-drink · ¥2,000 ≈ $13.50
Real chalkboard, Japan. Rates shown at ¥148 per dollar; Yomi uses the day's rate on your phone.

One camera, everything you can't read.

Yomi spots what you're looking at and does the useful thing for it. No mode to pick first.

Point at You get
Menu Every dish translated in place, prices in your currency, your allergens in red, and a tap for what the dish actually is.
Sign Warnings and directions in your language, and an address goes straight to your maps app.
Ticket Platform, car, seat and departure time pulled out, with a one-tap calendar reminder.
Bill The total found, the local tipping norm, and the split for your table worked out.
Label Ingredients checked against your allergy list, on food packs and medicine boxes alike.

Already took the photo? Share it.

A screenshot of a menu from a review, a sign you snapped yesterday, a ticket someone texted you. Share it to Yomi from any app, or pick it with the gallery button next to the shutter. It's read exactly like the camera, and it works even if you never let Yomi use the camera.

No signal. Still reads.

A lantern-lit izakaya alley in Japan at night, with a menu stand out front and a pedestrian sign on the corner.

Save the neighborhood before the signal goes.

One tap saves the restaurants, pharmacies, ATMs, stations and toilets around you from OpenStreetMap. Or type where you're heading tonight. They stay on your phone, encrypted, for when the map won't load.

  • PharmacyDrugstore, Dogenzaka180 m
  • ATMConvenience store ATM240 m
  • StationShibuya600 m

Next up: ask about what's around you, answered on your phone.

A café menu board in Taipei listing espresso drinks and teas in English and Chinese with hot and iced prices.

Your photos stay on your phone.

Reading, translating and converting all happen on the device. There's no account, no upload and nothing to sign into.

Want richer explanations of a dish or a landmark? Run the AI model on the phone itself, or bring your own Gemini or Groq key. Keys are encrypted with Android's hardware keystore, and one switch, Offline only, stops anything from leaving the phone at all.

Android beta, invite only.

Yomi is in a private test on Android 9 and newer. It isn't on Google Play yet. If you've been sent a test build, open the APK on your phone and allow installs from that app when Android asks.

  1. Open the APK you were sent.
  2. Allow installs from that app when asked.
  3. Open Yomi and point it at the nearest menu.