image-to-text-chrome-extension

Google Chrome extension that gets text from images.

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Installation

1. Go to the Releases tab and download the Source code zip for the desired version.
2. Unzip the downloaded zip file.
3. In your browser, go to chrome://extensions/
4. Ensure Developer Mode is on.
5. Click Load Unpacked, navigate to the extension directory in the directory you unzipped earlier, and Select it.

You should now see "Get Text" in your right-click context menus.

Usage

1. Right-click on an image.
2. Click "Get Text" in the context menu.
3. Wait for the text to be returned in an alert box.
4. Copy the text and use as desired.

Development

Fork the project on github and git clone your fork, e.g.:

git clone https://github.com/<username>/image-to-text-chrome-extension.git

See above installation directions, but navigate to the source code instead.

Modify the code as desired, and in the chrome://extensions/ browser tab, refresh the extension. Test your changes by right-clicking images.