# TinyCaptioner

> Quick offline heuristic summary of short audio snippets from page audio elements (Speech / Music / Silence).

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/tinycaptioner](https://chrome-stats.com/d/tinycaptioner)

## Overview

- **ID:** `tinycaptioner`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Joy
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-12-07
- **First published:** 2025-12-04
- **Size:** 11 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/tinycaptioner/)

## Description

TinyCaptioner — Shows a text summary caption when the sound is closed: Description: when the tab plays audio but the user mutes the speaker, the extension takes the first 5–10 seconds (client-side) and shows a summary transcript (offline/preliminary). Features: “Quick summary” button, shows a text popup. Note: because the exact speech→text conversion requires a server; the simple version can use heuristics (vocal energy → “Voice”, “Music”, etc.). (If the user wants to upgrade, it is suggested to integrate the speech-to-text API.) Hint: the basic version is a status summary indicator, not a full transcript to avoid needs for external APIs.

## Rankings

- #90,670 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `activeTab`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/tinycaptioner)