downloadable image recognition application

Google Goggles is a downloadable image recognition application created by Google Inc. It is currently in the Google Labs as a beta version. Google takes an image as input, and using several image recognition backend (object recognition, place matching, OCR, etc), google returns relevant search results.

Google Goggles lets you use pictures taken with your mobile phone to search the web. It’s ideal for things that aren’t easy to describe in words. There’s no need to type or speak your query -- all you have to do is open the app, snap a picture, and wait for your search results.

Google Goggles works better with certain types of queries. Try taking pictures of books & DVDs, landmarks, barcodes & QR codes, logos, contact info, artwork, businesses, products, or text; it can recognize up to three items at a time. Currently, it’s not so good when taking pictures of animals, plants, cars, furniture, or apparel.

The system can identify barcodes that allow users to search for similar products and prices, as well as save codes for future reference. The system will also recognize printed text and using Optical character recognition (OCR) produce a text snippet, and in some cases even translate the snippet into another language.

Google Goggles is currently available for Android devices running Android 1.6 and above. It’s also available for iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 devices through the Google Mobile App.

Nexus One and Droid have Google Goggles pre-installed in it.

Download-

For iPhone
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-mobile-app/id284815942?mt=8

For Android
http://www.appbrain.com/app/google-goggles/com.google.android.apps.unveil