學渣福音 數學APP拍照就出答案
Say it with us: Kids today have it sooooo easy.
跟着我們一起說：今天的孩子們過得太舒服了。A new smartphone app will do their math homework for them, provided it's not too complicated. PhotoMath by microblink uses a phone's camera to solve equations and then teaches you the step-by-step method for solving it yourself.
Microblink公司推出了一款新型智能手機應用PhotoMath， 能輕鬆幫助學生解決數學題——只要不是太複雜。只需要將手機的攝像頭對準要計算的方程式，PhotoMath便會給出清晰的解題步驟。
The app can do arithmetic: addition, subtraction, division and multiplication. It can handle fractions. It knows what 2³ is and can calculate the root of 246. It can even do simple linear equations, provided the x you're solving for is italicized so the app doesn't confuse it with the x multiplication symbol.
PhotoMath目前可以解決基本運算加減乘除，還能處理分數。例如，它可以計算出246的根以及2³的值。它甚至還能解決簡單的線性方程。不過，在使用時，用戶需保證x是斜體的，否則PhotoMath不能區分出x和乘號。
The only catch is that the equation you're trying to solve must be printed text, rather than handwritten. So forget trying to calculate that tip by scribbling it on a restaurant napkin. (Don't worry, there's already a million apps for that.)
不過，PhotoMath目前只能識別打印字體的方程，手寫的還無法識別。因此，不要去嘗試用PhotoMath去解決寫在餐巾紙上的問題。（別擔心，其它很多應用都能識別手寫體。）The app may pose a problem for schools are already dealing with smartphone overload. Math teachers will have to be extra vigilant during tests to prevent students from cheating.
這款應用可能會造成問題，因爲學校已經在處理智能手機的很多問題。爲了防止學生在考試時用PhotoMath作弊，數學老師在監考時需十分警惕。The PhotoMath app is available for iPhones and Windows phones and is coming to Android phones in 2015.
目前，這款應用支持iPhone和Windows phone用戶，而Android用戶則要等到2015年。
