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Highlight, copy, edit, and translate text from any image on the web.

Live Demo: http://projectnaptha.com/ Project Naptha automatically applies state-of-the-art computer vision algorithms on every image you see while browsing the web. The result is a seamless and intuitive experience, where you can highlight as well as copy and paste and even edit and translate the text formerly trapped within an image. Words on the web exist in two forms: there’s the text of articles, emails, tweets, chats and blogs— which can be copied, searched, translated, edited and selected— and then there’s the text which is shackled to images, found in comics, document scans, photographs, posters, charts, diagrams, screenshots and memes. Interaction with this second type of text has always been a second class experience, the only way to search or copy a sentence from an image would be to do as the ancient monks did, manually transcribing regions of interest. You can watch as moving your cursor over a block of words changes it into the little I-beam. You can drag over a few lines and watch as a semitransparent blue box highlights the text, helping you keep track of where you are and what you’re reading. Hit Ctrl+C to copy the text, where you can paste it into a search bar, a Word document, an email or a chat window. Right-click and you can erase the words from an image, edit the words, or even translate it into a different language. Security & Privacy: Project Naptha handles OCR and text detection locally on your computer. When highlighting text, the extension checks a remote server to determine whether a public high quality transcription exists using a cryptographic hash of the URL (this includes no cookies, user tokens, or any identifying information, and the server is incapable of storing access logs). For more information, read the section on security and privacy on http://projectnaptha.com/

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Martin Just Apr 10, 2024

Works good! :)

liam goessens Feb 27, 2024

doesnt always work

Khaled Monsoor Feb 21, 2024

amazing !!!

• Version 0.9.5
• Updated May 9, 2020
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• Languages English (United States)
• Developer Kevin Kwok 683 Brannan St San Francisco, CA 94107 United States Website Email [email protected]
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Edit Image Text With Chrome's Project Naptha: What It Is & How To Use It

Text is normally trapped inside images. With the Project Naptha Chrome extension, you can select, copy, and edit that text with just a few clicks.

Text is normally trapped inside images. With the Project Naptha Chrome extension, you can select, copy, and edit that text with just a few clicks. It's a quick way to copy important text from images or make your own meme. The extension uses advanced computer imaging technology -- but, as a user, it feels a bit like magic.

How Does It Work?

There are multiple forms of text on the web. There's standard text that you can copy and paste into other documents. You can use a bookmarklet or other tool to easily modify the text that appears on web pages all you like. Text in images is different. To a computer, the text in images isn't really text -- it's just another part of the image. That's why you can't just easily erase or edit text in images.

Project Naptha is a Chrome extension made by Kevin Kwok. It detects the text in images so you can select, copy, and edit it. This extension will even allow you to press Ctrl+F and search inside images on the current page, but that feature is currently experimental.

This project uses the same sort of OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology that services like Google Drive and Microsoft OneNote use to analyze the text inside images and make it searchable. That said, Project Naptha doesn't use traditional OCR. Instead, it uses Stroke Width Transform, which was invented by Microsoft Research in 2008. This is a bit demanding, so the extension predicts where your mouse is moving and runs the algorithm to recognize text when your cursor moves toward an image. The "inpainting" technique allows the extension to automatically fill in parts of the image when you remove or alter text, sort of like how Adobe Photoshop's content-aware fill works.

The image processing happens mostly on your computer by default, but you can also have the images uploaded to Google's Tesseract OCR engine for improved accuracy.

Selecting and Modifying Text in Images

Install Project Naptha from the Chrome Web Store . Next, locate an image with text inside it in your web browser and mouse over it. You'll be able to select text inside the image just as if that text were on a web page. You can right-click to copy your text to the clipboard.

The option that lets you modify text is a bit hidden. You'll need to select text in an image, right-click that text, point to Translate , and select Modify Text . Type your new text for the image into the box that appears. Select the Erase Text option here if you'd rather just remove text from the image entirely.

You'll see multiple "Enter Text" boxes if the image has multiple regions of text you can edit. The result obviously won't be perfect -- the font won't match exactly, for one thing. If text is removed from a more complex background, you may see a few graphical artifacts appear.

Tweaking Project Naptha

Project Naptha is an alternative to meme generator sites , allowing you to quickly modify any meme you come across before sharing it with other people. If you'd like to use Project Naptha to edit images on your computer, you'll need to visit Chrome's Extensions page and enable the "Allow access to file URLs" option for Project Naptha. Drag and drop the image files from your hard drive into a Chrome tab and you can then edit them.

You can also control which text-recognition engine the extension uses and adjust other options. Right-click text in an image and you'll see all the options you can configure with this extension.

By default it uses the Ocrad.js JavaScript library to run all the OCR processing on your computer, but you can also select one of the Tesseract options to have Google's cloud-based OCR engine do the work for you. This may give you better results if the included OCR library isn't recognizing some of the text.

Project Naptha isn't magic -- it's just a sophisticated, easy-to-use implementation of some advanced text-recognition and image-modification techniques. If technology like this were integrated in browsers in the future, it could make images more interactive and easily searchable everywhere.

Have you tried using Project Naptha? Do you prefer it to using traditional meme-generation methods? What else could it be useful for? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below!

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Meme generation might never be the same again. Project Naptha is a browser extension that lets users select, copy, edit and translate text from any image — so long as it is under 30 degrees of rotation. The plug-in runs on the Stroke Width Transform algorithm Microsoft Research invented for text detection in natural scenes. It also provides the option of using Google's open-source OCR engine Tesseract when necessary. Project Naptha utilizes a technique called "inpainting" to reconstruct images after they've been altered by the extension. According to the website, this entails using an algorithm that fills in the space previously occupied by text with colors from the surrounding area. Right now, the program is only compatible with Google Chrome but a Firefox version may be released in a few weeks.

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Meet Project Naptha, an amazing Chrome extension for modifying text in web images

Oh wow, this Google Chrome extension feels like magic.

Project Naptha, a Chrome extension made by developer Kevin Kwok , uses optical character recognition technology whipped up by several sources—including Microsoft Research and Google—to automatically identify text in images on the web. The extension then gives you options to copy, translate or even modify the text, right there in your browser.

With Project Naptha, selecting text in images is as easy as highlighting words in, well, Word, and a simple right-click brings up the extension’s options. Being able to copy text in imagery and paste it into a Google search or document seems like a highly useful feature indeed.

While the end result can be a bit rough around the edges in some pictures, Project Naptha also allows you to erase text from images. Not nifty enough? The extension can also be used to replace the original words with text of your choosing, done in the style of the original, thanks to a technique known as “Inpainting” that intelligently fills the spots where text is removed from, similar to the way Photoshop’s “Content-aware fill” feature works. That trick is somewhat hidden, though: You first have to select the option to Translate > Reprint text , then a new Modify text (BETA) option will appear in the menu.

An example of an image before and after a Project Naptha translation. (Click to enlarge.)

Speaking of the Translate menu, it also contains the capability to translate in-image text to English, Spanish, Russian, French, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Japanese, or German, though that particular functionality is also in beta and doesn’t appear for all in-image text.

Don’t worry about borking your favorite websites, either. All changes disappear when you reload the page you’re tinkering with.

You can also use the extension to modify or copy text in images stored on your local computer, after opening Chrome://extensions in your browser and checking the “Allows access to file URLs” box under Project Naptha. After that, simply drag your chosen pic into Chrome and start tinkering.

That’s the box you want to check in  Chrome://extensions .

The extension isn’t quite perfect. Sometimes, edited text leaves behind the same blurry remnants sometimes seen in pictures, modified text often looks slightly less polished than the original, and text that functions as a hyperlink can’t be edited whatsoever. Even so, Project Naptha’s already incredibly handy-dandy for the copying and hit-or-miss translation abilities alone, and I don’t even want to think about what this can do for Internet memes.

Swing into the Chrome Web Store to  pick up the extension , then head over to the Project Naptha website for the full backstory and—if you have the extension installed—a full demonstration of its abilities. Kwok hopes to expand the project to other browsers in the future.

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Seamless Text Extraction and Manipulation

Enhanced security and privacy, unlock the full potential of web text.

Have you ever come across text within an image while browsing the web and wished you could easily copy, edit, or translate it? Look no further than Project Naptha, a powerful Chrome extension that harnesses the power of computer vision algorithms to revolutionize your web browsing experience.

With an impressive average rating of 3.6, this game-changing Chrome extension has garnered both praise and constructive feedback from users worldwide. Based on my personal experience and user reviews, here's why Project Naptha deserves your attention:

Project Naptha automatically applies cutting-edge computer vision algorithms to every image you encounter while browsing the web. This means that you can effortlessly highlight, copy and paste, edit, and even translate text that was once trapped within an image.

Whether you're reading articles, emails, tweets, chats, or blogs, Project Naptha empowers you to interact with text in the same way you would with regular text. Simply move your cursor over a block of words, and it instantly transforms into an I-beam, indicating that the text can be selected. Dragging over a few lines activates a semitransparent blue box, helping you keep track of what you're reading.

Copying text is as easy as hitting Ctrl+C, allowing you to paste it into a search bar, a Word document, an email, or a chat window. Additionally, Project Naptha offers the unique capability to erase words from an image, edit them, or even translate them into different languages.

Rest assured that Project Naptha takes your security and privacy seriously. The extension handles Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and text detection locally on your computer, ensuring that your sensitive information remains safe. When highlighting text, the extension uses a cryptographic hash of the URL to check a remote server for the presence of a public high-quality transcription.

It's important to note that this process does not involve the use of cookies, user tokens, or any identifying information. Moreover, the server is incapable of storing access logs, providing you with peace of mind while using this powerful tool.

Project Naptha is a Chrome extension that opens up a whole new world of possibilities when it comes to interacting with text on the internet. Say goodbye to manual transcriptions and second-class experiences with text trapped within images. With Project Naptha, you can effortlessly copy, edit, and translate text, transforming your browsing experience for the better.

Don't miss out on the opportunity to enhance your productivity and efficiency while browsing the web. Give Project Naptha a try today and unlock the full potential of web text.

For more information and to download the extension, visit the official Project Naptha website: http://projectnaptha.com/

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Automatically applies computer vision algorithms on every image

Seamless and intuitive experience for highlighting, copying, and editing text

Enhances interaction with text trapped within images

OCR and text detection requires checking a remote server

Limited information on security and privacy measures

User Reviews

15 reviews for this extension.

doesnt always work

amazing !!!

Doesnt work no more

The copied text isn't correct at all it doesn't work

I saw that everyone was saying that it didn't work so i got it and....... it doesn't work sadly.

doesn't work

this is terrible! DONT GET!!!!! you cant even do anything with it, it is a huge waste of time i tried to use it but it took my time im probably gonna fail now ! i would give it 0 stars if i could

doesnt even work

I can't do anything with, it does not work .issue need to be resolved True worth Half star

Recently checked, It just stopped working. Use Image to Text OCR (https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/image-to-text-ocr/jgjlejdhmfpimggbicpffmpbnalcnhoo) instead.

Used to work, not anymore

Useless, doesn't work anymore.

Its not working anymore.. so Anyone trying to use it. it will not work

i have added this extension, now "how i can use it"? i failed to see any option in its menu which allow me to highlight text. can someone please help me for How To?

It's a really cool idea, but as long as the letters aren't in a very specific font or high resolution, it only gets 50% of the letters right, rendering it usseless.

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Manifest The manifest file lacks essential security details and may pose significant risks to user privacy and system security. Note: A high risk score does not necessarily mean the extension is malicious

Content Script Some security measures are implemented in the content scripts, but there are notable gaps that need to be addressed to ensure robust security. Note: A moderate risk score does not imply malicious intent

Permissions The permissions requested by the extension are well-documented and limited to what is strictly necessary, reflecting a strong commitment to user privacy and security. Note: A low risk score does not imply malicious intent

Host Permissions Host permissions are used sparingly and purposefully, with stringent controls to prevent abuse and protect user security. Note: A low risk score does not imply malicious intent

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Project Naptha Review: The Coolest Chrome Extension 2022

Project naptha, this chrome extension will baffles you for sure..

Project Naptha Review: Internet has always been a wonderful place to explore. You can find some amazing things that can help you in many ways. For instance, we covered some interesting topics earlier about AirConsole , and remove.bg . Applications like these can make some tedious tasks easy. Today, I’m going to reveal an interesting application that has got some amazing potential. It is called Project Naptha.

Project Naptha is an extension program currently available in Google Chrome. It was created by developer Kevin Kwok and was launched as an add-on for Google Chrome in 2014. It offers a lot on the table. This extension works on the basis of computer-vision algorithms. By using them, this application can recognize the text embedded over images. It allows users to highlight, copy, edit, translate and even remove the text from within the image. People used to do that on photoshop to get the same effect. However, the overall procedure is a tedious task there as it involved a lot of masking and selecting the texts point to point. This extension can do the same with a single click.

Project Naptha: How it Works?

Texts on the web basically fall under two categories copyable and non-copy-able texts. Copy-able texts can be seen everywhere on web pages. For instance, text of articles, emails, tweets, chats, and blogs. You can simply copy them using the “copy” option in right-click menu or also by pressing “ctrl+c”. On the other hand, non-copyable texts are something that can’t be copied easily. For instance, texts on images and videos can’t be copied easily. You have to write them manually by seeing them with your naked eye. This is where Project Naptha shines and makes the task very easy.  The program is said to work on the basis of Computer vision algorithms such as OCR and Image Classification.

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Optical character recognition (OCR) can scan the texts embedded in images and has the ability to save them in the form of an editable document. OCR analyses the patterns of light and dark that make up the letters and numbers to turn the scanned image into text. OCR was initially designed to work best on specific web fonts. However, modern OCR software can even recognize people’s handwriting.

Project Naptha uses algorithms like these to identify whether blocks of text exists in an image. Once the blocks of texts are identified, the OCR enables the build-up of a model of text regions, words, and letters from any images. Once the program identifies the differentiation between text and background image, it can provide users the option to copy, translate and even modify text directly in every image, in real-time, and in their Google Chrome browser itself.

Project Naptha: How to Install it?

• Go to the chrome web store and click on the extensions option on the left-hand menu.
• After that, go to the search option and search for “Project Naptha”.
• Once you find it, click on “Add to Chrome” and it will let you download a file with the extension .crx
• After that, Chrome will automatically install the extension for you.
• Once installed, you can find the extension in the “Extension” option present right before the profile tab in chrome. You can also access them by going to More Tools>>Extensions in the three-dot menu in chrome.

Project Naptha: How to Use it?

• After successfully installing it, all you have to do is go to the image of your choice and press the right-click button on your mouse.
• After that, a dialog box appears with a series of options. In order to erase a text embedded in the image, just go to the translate option and click on the “Erase text” option. The program will erase the selected text within a matter of seconds.
• That’s it, you can also use a series of options such as Live Translate, Modify and Speak text options.

Project Naptha Review

This extension is said to have a bunch of features working under its hood. However, since it’s in a beta state, all of them were not working properly. Some of the main features such as Translation, Modification of the texts aren’t working properly. They are returning some errors while invoking. The other features such as Speaking out, Erasing the texts are working perfectly fine with no trouble. I used to remove texts on images by using Adobe Photoshop and it used to take a lot of time. This extension absolutely helped me to do that tedious task easily. I removed the text embedded in the image with just one simple click.

This extension magically removes the text on lighter backgrounds. However, when it comes to darker backgrounds, the extension wasn’t able to repeat the same magic. Sometimes, the program was unable to even recognize texts on the darker background. Even if it recognizes the text, invoking the remove option causes some left-out effect on the text.

Overall, this extension looks very promising. If it surpassed beta state and everything works properly as advertised, this extension would be a game-changer. Many people will use it to copy, edit, and delete texts on images.

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Project Naptha Chrome Plugin Lets You Edit, Translate Text in Images

A new browser plugin called Project Naptha enables users to copy/paste, translate, or even change the text of any image they can find online (assuming it’s not protected in some way). This extension is the work of developer Kevin Kwok,, and it is only available for Chrome.

Project Naptha uses a number of optical character recognition (OCR) algorithms to identify text and characters. It does almost all of its work from your web browser, with a small amount of the OCR and other tasks performed by the Project Naptha servers. You can in fact disable the plugin’s access to the servers, but the accuracy will reportedly drop.

You can find the Chrome plugin over on the Project Naptha website. That site also hosts a live demo of the plugin so those of us who don’t have Chrome can join in on the fun.

On a related note, if you find the demo useful but don’t use Chrome then please do us all the favor of signing up for the email list. I’m told that plugins to support FF, IE, and other browsers might be released if there is enough interest.

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There are more than 20 towns in America called Moscow. Why?

The mystery of the Moscows of America also intrigued Erjan Aisabay, who set out to visit all of them and write a book about his experience. Aisabay, who was born in Kazakhstan but attended college in the original Moscow, launched his project hoping that America’s shared love of Russia’s capital city might help bring the two countries together.

But as Aisabay drove from state to state, his dream of finding a Russian connection dwindled. And some of America’s Muscovites turned out to be less than supportive. Like in Moscow, Texas, where his attempt to strike up a conversation didn’t turn out as planned.

“I say, ‘Hi my name is so and so, you know I’m writing a book about Moscows’ and then you know she looks at me like completely mistrust and she’s like ‘You should leave.’ … And I saw something that looked like a gun. … This was my last Moscow and I’m like, ‘I don’t want to die in my last Moscow!’”

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Russia establishes special site to fabricate fuel for China’s CFR-600

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A special production site to fabricate fuel for China’s CFR-600 fast reactor under construction has been established at Russia’s Mashinostroitelny Zavod (MSZ - Machine-Building Plant) in Elektrostal (Moscow region), part of Rosatom’s TVEL Fuel Company. 

As part of the project, MSZ had upgraded existing facilities fo the production of fuel for fast reactors, TVEL said on 3 March. Unique equipment has been created and installed, and dummy CFR-600 fuel assemblies have already been manufactured for testing.

The new production site was set up to service an export contract between TVEL and the Chinese company CNLY (part of China National Nuclear Corporation - CNNC) for the supply of uranium fuel for CFR-600 reactors. Construction of the first CFR-600 unit started in Xiapu County, in China's Fujian province in late 2017 followed by the second unit in December 2020. The contract is for the start-up fuel load, as well as refuelling for the first seven years. The start of deliveries is scheduled for 2023.

“The Russian nuclear industry has a unique 40 years of experience in operating fast reactors, as well as in the production of fuel for such facilities,” said TVEL President Natalya Nikipelova. “The Fuel Division of Rosatom is fulfilling its obligations within the framework of Russian-Chinese cooperation in the development of fast reactor technologies. These are unique projects when foreign design fuel is produced in Russia. Since 2010, the first Chinese fast neutron reactor CEFR has been operating on fuel manufactured at the Machine-Building Plant, and for the supply of CFR-600 fuel, a team of specialists from MSZ and TVEL has successfully completed a complex high-tech project to modernise production,” she explained.

A special feature of the new section is its versatility: this equipment will be used to produce fuel intended for both the Chinese CFR-600 and CEFR reactors and the Russian BN-600 reactor of the Beloyarsk NPP. In the near future, the production of standard products for the BN-600 will begin.

The contract for the supply of fuel for the CFR-600 was signed in December 2018 as part of a governmental agreement between Russia and China on cooperation in the construction and operation of a demonstration fast neutron reactor in China. This is part of a wider comprehensive programme of cooperation in the nuclear energy sector over the coming decades. This includes serial construction of the latest Russian NPP power units with generation 3+ VVER-1200 reactors at two sites in China (Tianwan and Xudabao NPPs). A package of intergovernmental documents and framework contracts for these projects was signed in 2018 during a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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The CFR600 nuclear reactor is being constructed in Xiapu, China. Image courtesy of China National Nuclear Corporation.

The TEVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom will supply nuclear fuel for the CFR600 nuclear reactor.

CFR-600 prototype reactor project background

Cfr-600 reactor technology, safety features of the cfr-600, fuel supply for the cfr-600.