TextLense AI

A Chrome/Edge Extension that extracts and analyzes non-copyable text directly from your screen using AI

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🧠 TextLens AI – Smart OCR Assistant for the Web

TextLens AI is a Chrome/Edge extension designed to extract and analyze non-copyable text (like from images, canvas, PDFs, or video players) directly from your screen. Version 2 introduces AI chat, capture history, Gemini API integration, and custom shortcuts for a seamless experience.

🚀 Features

✅ OCR-Powered Text Extraction

  • Select any portion of the screen that contains non-selectable text.
  • Optical Character Recognition (OCR) extracts the visible text accurately.
  • Supports multiple languages via Tesseract.js.

💬 AI-Powered Chat - After extracting the text, instantly chat with AI to ask questions or continue the discussion.

  • Powered by Groq (Mixtral), or Gemini — configurable via settings.
  • Use predefined actions like:
    • Explain Text
    • Translate Text
    • Summarize
    • Get Direct Answer

🕘 Capture History

  • All your extracted sessions are saved in a History section.
  • Revisit, reprocess, or continue chat from previous captures.

⌨️ Keyboard Shortcut Support

  • Trigger the screen selection using a custom keyboard shortcut (default: Ctrl+Q).
  • Configurable via extension settings.

🔌 API Key Management

  • Supports integration with:
    • Groq (Mixtral)
    • Gemini Pro (Google AI)
  • Set your preferred provider and paste your API key securely.

🛠️ Installation

Chrome / Edge

  1. Clone or download the repo.
  2. Open Chrome/Edge → chrome://extensions/ or edge://extensions/
  3. Enable Developer Mode.
  4. Click "Load unpacked" and select the extension directory.
  5. Pin the extension to your toolbar for easy access.

⚙️ Configuration

Setting Up API Keys

  1. Go to the Settings tab in the extension.
  2. Choose your preferred AI model:
    • Groq (Mixtral)
    • Gemini Pro
  3. Paste your API key.
  4. Save settings — your key is stored locally and securely.

📚 Usage Guide

1. Capture & Extract Text

  • Click on the extension icon or use the shortcut key.
  • Drag and select the area containing the text.
  • OCR will extract the content and show Quick Action options.

2. Choose an Action

  • Explain: Provides a detailed explanation of the extracted text.
  • Translate: Detects and translates the content.
  • Summarize: Gives a brief summary.
  • Answer: If the text contains a question, this option gives a direct answer.

3. Use Chat for Follow-up

  • Open the Chat tab to ask follow-up questions.
  • The AI continues the conversation using the extracted content as context.

4. View & Reuse History

  • Visit the History tab to access past extractions.
  • Click on any item to re-chat, re-run actions, or copy the original text.

🧩 Technologies Used

  • Tesseract.js – Client-side OCR
  • JavaScript – Core extension logic
  • Chrome Extensions API – Background, content, storage
  • HTML/CSS – UI
  • Groq / Gemini APIs – For AI processing

🔒 Privacy & Security

  • Your data and API keys are stored locally only.
  • No data is sent to any third-party server unless using external AI APIs.
  • You control all inputs and outputs.

🛠️ Roadmap

  • [x] OCR text selection
  • [x] AI integration with Groq, Gemini
  • [x] History & Chat section
  • [x] Keyboard shortcut
  • [ ] Screenshot + OCR auto-detection (planned)
  • [ ] Mobile companion app (in progress)
  • [ ] Voice-to-text OCR support (future)

📷 Demo Screenshots

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🙌 Contributing

Pull requests and suggestions are welcome!
Feel free to fork the repo and improve functionality or UI.

📩 Contact

Created by Ritam Vaskar 🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/ritam-vaskar-50627527a/ 📬 Reach me at: [email protected]

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