Translate Bangla, signal or no signal.
Typed Bangla translation runs on your iPhone with nothing connected. The camera needs a signal: an iPhone cannot read the Bangla script offline, so a scan taken without one is kept and translated when you are back online.
Typing works with no signal
Download the Bangla pack once, over hotel wifi, and typed translation runs on the phone from then on — as it does in all 58 languages.
The camera needs a connection
An iPhone cannot read the Bangla script offline at all. With a signal the photograph is read and translated; without one the scan is kept and translated the moment you are back online, so the sign is not lost.
Speech depends on your iPhone
Spoken translation uses Apple's own speech packs, which cover about half of these languages and differ from phone to phone — so the app tells you if it cannot hear Bangla rather than failing while someone waits. How speech works.
Most language pages here show two real scans: a page we printed, photographed with the app and left unedited. Bangla has not been through that test yet, so there is no example rather than an invented one. What works offline in all 58 languages.
Questions
Does Bangla camera translation work offline?
No, and no iPhone app can make it. The phone’s own text recognition cannot read the Bangla script offline. SofiLingo keeps the photograph and translates it the moment you are back online, and typed Bangla works offline in the meantime.
Does typed Bangla translation work offline?
Yes. Download the Bangla pack once, over wifi, and typing runs entirely on the phone from then on. That is true of all 58 languages.
How good is the Bangla translation?
Good enough for menus, signs and tickets, and not for anything that matters legally or medically. The first 15 translations are free, so you can try Bangla yourself before you pay anything.
Can SofiLingo hear spoken Bangla?
It depends on your iPhone. Spoken translation uses Apple’s own speech packs, which cover about half of the 58 languages and differ from phone to phone, so the app tells you before you start if it cannot hear Bangla.
Take it with you
The first 15 translations are free, with ads and no card. Download the Bangla pack before you go and the phone can do the rest on its own.
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