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A rose is a r¨®zsa is a õ¹å: Image-search tool speaks hundreds of languages
09-12-2007 · EurekAlert!Although pictures can be appreciated in any language, digital image searches are often lost in translation. A new multilingual search tool, PanImages, makes the universal appeal of pictures available to all.
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