Screen OCR Translator by Alex
Extract and translate text from any area of a web page using OCR (image-to-text)
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About this extension
This add-on extracts and translates text from any selected area of a web page. Select an area, run OCR, and view the result in an overlay. You can switch between the original and translated text, copy it to the clipboard, or listen to it using text-to-speech.
How to use:
1. Activate the extension from the browser toolbar or context menu.
2. Select an area containing visible text.
3. Click Run OCR.
Features:
- Fully local OCR powered by PaddleOCR
- Automatic detection of the source language
- Support for horizontal and vertical text
- Instant translation to 70+ languages via Google Translate (no API key required)
- Optional LLM translation through a user-configured OpenAI-compatible endpoint, such as llama.cpp, LM Studio, or a cloud provider
- Text-to-speech through Google TTS. Support for local TTS is planned.
- Support for GPU acceleration (can be enabled in settings).
How to use:
1. Activate the extension from the browser toolbar or context menu.
2. Select an area containing visible text.
3. Click Run OCR.
Features:
- Fully local OCR powered by PaddleOCR
- Automatic detection of the source language
- Support for horizontal and vertical text
- Instant translation to 70+ languages via Google Translate (no API key required)
- Optional LLM translation through a user-configured OpenAI-compatible endpoint, such as llama.cpp, LM Studio, or a cloud provider
- Text-to-speech through Google TTS. Support for local TTS is planned.
- Support for GPU acceleration (can be enabled in settings).
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Permissions and data
Required permissions:
- Access your data for all websites
Optional permissions:
- Access your data for all websites
Required data collection, according to the developer:
- Website content
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- Version
- 0.2.0
- Size
- 60.14 MB
- Last updated
- 20 hours ago (Jul 21, 2026)
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- MIT License
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