Pinyin TL
Take a picture, see Pinyin.
$4.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Do you ever look at Chinese text and wish you could see Pinyin above each character?
Now you can, with Pinyin TL!
With Pinyin TL, you take a picture, select some Chinese text within that picture, and that text is displayed at the top of the screen along with its corresponding Pinyin.
You can even tap on a word (at the top) and see its CC-CEDICT dictionary entry.
App features:
- Select text using Apple's "Live Text" UI.
- High-accuracy text recognition: Simplified and traditional characters, horizontal and vertical alignment, stylized text, handwritten text.
- High-accuracy Pinyin: Correctly resolves most polyphonic characters.
- High-accuracy word recognition: Uses CC-CEDICT to identify words.
- On-device processing: Works offline, 100% private.
Pinyin TL is made by the developer of tChess (the chess app that was featured in Apple's "Learn" commercial for the iPad) and Learn Chess (the Apple Staff Favorite e-book).
Ratings & Reviews
- Decreased memory usage
The developer, Tom Kerrigan, 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.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Tom Kerrigan
- Size
- 10.5 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.6 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.6 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Tom Kerrigan
