Show HN: In-place OCR + Translate for Internet Archive books

By viking2917 · 2026-07-01 · 1 points · 0 comments

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/bookxlate-archiveorg-book/mfefkdeojibnbabedjonpgmbgbfplbhe

There are lots of OCR tools and translator tools, but using them on books is very laborious, involving downloading images, lots of copying, window-swapping, 3rd-party software, and general dreck. Often the OCR has to be chained to the tranlation, leading to more labor. I often w…

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