Cloud Vision

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

Cloud Vision - Image Analysis Chrome Extension

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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Extension stats

Manifest V2
Users: 763
27
Rating: 4.07
(15)
Version: 0.0.9 (Last updated: 2016-03-25)
Creation date: 2016-03-25
Permissions:
  • clipboardWrite
  • contextMenus
  • notifications
  • file://*
  • <all_urls>
Size: 7.86K
URLs: Website
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Works well for image text detection.
  • Great for seeing what text says.
  • Really cool extension.
Cons
  • API request fails frequently.
  • Doesn't work with PDFs.
  • Text detection issues in the latest Chrome version.
  • Names of people scanned not accurately identified.
Most mentioned
  • API request failed.
  • Hope it works with SVGs.
  • Questions about API key usage.
  • Doesn't work with PDFs.
  • Text detection issues.
User reviews
Still "Api request failed"
by 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, 2019-06-11

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

Risk impact

Cloud Vision requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
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