Cloud Vision

Cloud Vision

Adds a right-click menu item to images to detect text, labels and faces.

What is Cloud Vision?
Cloud Vision' is a useful Chrome extension that adds a right-click menu item to images for text, label, and face detection. It is empowered by the Google Cloud Vision API and lets you conveniently access advanced functionalities. Select 'Text detection' to copy detected text to your clipboard, 'Label detection' to tag your image with relevant terms, or 'Face detection' to highlight any faces recognized in your image.
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Stats
Users: 892 ▼ -1
Rating: 4.07 (15)
Version: 0.0.9 (Last updated: 2016-03-25)
Creation date: 2016-03-25
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • clipboardWrite
  • contextMenus
  • notifications
  • file://*
  • <all_urls>
Size: 7.86K
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Summary

Right-click an image and select "Text detection" to have detected text copied to your clipboard. Select "Label detection" to display terms to label your image. Select "Face detection" to outline faces detected in the image.

Powered by the Google Cloud Vision API: https://cloud.google.com/vision/

Source available at https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-vision/tree/master/chrome-extension

Icons made by Freepik (http://www.freepik.com) from Flaticon (http://www.flaticon.com) is licensed by CC 3.0 BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

User reviews
Still "Api request failed"
by Hubert Kępski Hubert Kępski, 2023-08-23

Comment on 20211014 - I hope it work on SVGs Comment on 191220 - Text Detection doesn't seem to work on the current version of Chrome Canary (Version 81.0.4001.2). I hope it works. Older comment - I hope the extension works on Twitter videos.
by 李立峰 李立峰, 2019-06-11

Great. But, whose API key is used now? I mean, who is paying for the API calls?
by Keshor M Keshor M, 2018-01-31
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Safety
Risk impact

Cloud Vision may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

Cloud Vision has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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