WordNex: Camera Dictionary
Scan words. Explore word maps
Free
Point your camera at an English word, discover its meaning, and explore a connected Word Map. Save meanings and exploration trails for another look.
Scan an English word with your camera, understand its meaning, and follow its connections to discover more.
SCAN AND LOOK UP
Point the camera at printed English text for a quick definition. Freeze the view, read text from a photo, or type a word to search. Correct recognized text when needed.
EXPLORE THE WORD MAP
Start from a specific meaning and navigate connected words. Explore synonyms, opposites, broader and more specific meanings, word families, parts, members, materials, causes, and implications where available. Follow your navigation path, go back and forward, and switch between Map and List.
READ AND LISTEN
Explore definitions, examples, and parts of speech in readable entries. Listen to words and definitions, adjust reading size, and use light or dark appearance. Multilingual equivalents from Open Multilingual Wordnet help you explore English vocabulary; coverage varies by language and meaning.
KEEP YOUR DISCOVERIES
Save individual meanings and named exploration trails. Reopen a trail to continue exploring, or share a trail as a PDF. A wider iPad layout keeps the map and reading pane together.
WORKS ON YOUR DEVICE
Dictionary lookup and image text recognition work offline. No account is required. Optional voice input needs an available on-device English speech-recognition model.
ABOUT THE DICTIONARY
English content is based on Princeton WordNet 3.0, with multilingual resources from Open Multilingual WordNet. WordNet focuses on nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. It is not a complete dictionary of every English word, and translated definitions are not available for every meaning. Camera recognition depends on focus, lighting, and text clarity.
WordNet attribution and dictionary licenses are available in the app's acknowledgements.
Questions or suggestions: zhaoxiaojian@hotmail.com
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Introducing WordNex: a new way to explore words.
- Discover connected meanings in the interactive Word Map.
- Follow your exploration path and revisit previous meanings.
- Save named trails and share them as PDFs.
- Choose meanings inline and open full dictionary entries from the map.
- Enjoy refreshed entries, clearer controls, and a wider iPad map-and-reader layout.
- Improved dictionary loading and live camera recognition responsiveness.
The developer, 小健 赵, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- 小健 赵
- Size
- 133.2 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 2 more
- English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Profanity or Crude Humor
Mature or Suggestive Themes
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
Guns or Other Weapons
- Copyright
- © 2026, XIAOJIAN ZHAO