What's on the Menu?

Menu translator and restaurant menu scanner with OCR, dish photos, allergen detection, and voice ordering for travelers.

What's on the Menu? reads a printed restaurant menu from a photo and returns a structured translation in your language. The app combines OCR with a large language model to extract dish names, descriptions, and prices, remove scan artifacts, and group items into sections — starters, mains, desserts, drinks. Each dish is displayed with a thumbnail, either a real photo uploaded by the restaurant or a reference image matched by dish name, so you can see what the dish looks like before ordering.

FEATURES

Menu scanning and translation
- Photograph a printed menu or select an image from the gallery
- OCR text extraction with LLM-assisted cleanup and structuring
- Automatic translation of dish names and descriptions into your language
- Support for non-Latin scripts including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Thai, and Cyrillic
- Dish thumbnails from restaurant uploads or reference image sources

Allergen and dietary profile
- Personal profile for allergies, intolerances, and dietary restrictions
- Automatic flagging of the 14 EU-declared allergens on menu items
- Match indicators for dishes that fit your preferences
- Like / dislike tagging for individual ingredients to refine recommendations

Account and sync
- Sign-in with your email
- Profile, allergens, and scan history synced across devices
- Free tier for occasional use
- Subscription unlocks higher scan limits and premium features
- Billing handled by Google Play, cancel anytime from your Google account

INTENDED USE
- Travelers and tourists reading menus in unfamiliar languages or scripts
- Users with food allergies or intolerances checking foreign menus for unsafe ingredients
- Vegetarians, vegans, and users on specific diets identifying compliant dishes
- Speech- or hearing-impaired diners communicating orders via the voice output
- Anyone who prefers to know what a dish contains before ordering

REQUIREMENTS
- Internet connection for OCR processing, translation, and image lookup
- Location access is optional and used only for the nearby-dishes search and restaurant selection

PRIVACY
Photos you scan are processed to deliver translations and are not used for other purposes. Account data is not sold to third parties. See the privacy policy for full details.

COMING SOON:

Virtual cart and voice ordering
- Add items from the scanned menu to a virtual order
- Generate an order summary in the restaurant's local language
- Play the order aloud using realistic text-to-speech
- Useful for speech- or hearing-impaired users and for anyone uncomfortable speaking a foreign language

Dish search
- Search for a specific dish by name - carbonara, pho, svíčková, ramen, paella
- See nearby restaurants that have it on their menu
- Useful when you know what you want to eat but not where to get it