Google released a new Android app called Crowdsource that has quietly appeared in Google Play. The new app lets people contribute their own handwriting recognition, as well as suggestions to language translation and street sign transcription.

The online giant suggests in the app description that each microtask takes no more than five to 10 seconds. So it will knock away a few, the next time people find themselves with a few moments to kill. Every time individuals use the Crowdsource app, they will know that they've made the internet a better place for their community.

It might be more accurate to claim that the Crowdsource app makes the internet services of Google more useful. But, not the entire internet, since the tech company doesn't offer free access to the underlying data of Google Maps or even Google Translate, based on the report of CNET.

As Google would like users to spend time in getting something done in its new Crowdsource app, people can make a practical use of their human sensibilities to translation and text transcription, and in return they get a sense of satisfaction.

However, Crowdsource tasks depend on the language or languages people are fluent in. If the user only speaks one, they can help with image transcription and handwriting recognition, then that person will get an image so that he can type out what it says, according to Android Police.

Anyway, it seems unorthodox that Google would launch an app without offering something to people that would actually encourage contributions. In spite of that, Google is already known with the Google Opinion Rewards app, in which it lets people answer a quick, free surveys in exchange for Google Play credits, Tech Crunch reported.

The tech company made it known that the app is not the final form factor. Crowdsource app is free to download on Google Play, but iOS version is not yet available.

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