Kenning
Mason Hsieh Utilities iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Kenning is a free Utilities app for iPhone and iPad by Mason Hsieh. Requires iOS 27.1. Updated October 27, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 5 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 27
- 2026 · v2.0
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About Kenning
Kenning Local Translation helps you understand everyday language across text, photos, speech, media files, and short face-to-face conversations. Type or paste text, take or import a photo, choose horizontal or vertical text when needed, and let Kenning extract the words before translating them. You can also speak directly, import an audio file, or choose a video from Photos; Kenning prepares the speech as text, then sends it into the same translation flow. Conversation mode is turn-based for clearer face-to-face use. Pick two languages, record one person at a time, then hear the translated result out loud. History keeps completed translations with the original text, translated text, language pair, source type, and time, so you can return to useful results later. Before you need translation in places with weak signal, open Kenning and prepare the languages and speech recognition assets you expect to use. When the required on-device resources are available, the core translation and speech flow can stay on your iPhone or iPad. Supported languages are English, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and French. Actual availability depends on Apple system support and installed on-device language resources. Kenning works best for travel, study, daily communication, work reading, photos, speech, media transcripts, and short conversations. For legal, medical, contractual, or other high-risk content, treat the translation as a helpful draft and have the final wording checked by a qualified person.
What’s new
Version 2.0 · Updated October 27, 2026
Version 2.0 brings an updated adaptive interface for iPhone, iPad, and iPhone Duo, with more reliable text editing and easier photo import. Updated Interface - Navigation adapts between tabs and a sidebar. Translate, Conversation, and History layouts adjust to the available window width. Improvements - Improved continuity when folding or unfolding iPhone Duo or resizing a window, keeping your input text, selected history record, and open photo or voice input screen in place. - Made Translate, camera, and voice input screens scrollable in shorter windows so their controls remain within reach. - Reduced unnecessary space at the bottom of the compact Translate screen. Bug Fixes - Fixed completed translations disappearing from view when switching from a wide layout to a compact layout. - Fixed the Paste button sometimes failing to insert text. Pasting into the source text field preserves selected-text replacement and native undo behavior. - Fixed photo previews pushing image selection and confirmation buttons out of view. The preview now adjusts to leave room for these controls, including when changing the text layout or resizing the window.
App privacy
The developer, Mason Hsieh, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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