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Copyfish by Ui.Vision Open-Source RPA Software

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  • by anonymous, 5 years ago
    I agree with the previous reviewer that the new permissions look fishy, but it seems they are not currently abused. I unzipped the add-on and looked at the source.

    "Exchange messages with programs other than Firefox" is used to communicate with the UI Vision XModule used for desktop OCR.

    "Display notifications to you" is used to display notifications when you have a paid subscription that is about to expire, and for displaying messages when using the desktop capture feature.

    "Access browser activity during navigation" I'm not sure about, it might be needed for some functionality to work but I didn't find anything obvious. There seems to be no feature like collecting browsing activity or something abusive like that.

    Of course the permissions coul be used for abusive purposes in the future so it is always best to be a bit paranoid. Even with the permission system in Firefox you have to trust the developer to an extent.

    Developer response

    posted 5 years ago
    Thanks a lot for this critical but qualified response! As you found out already, the new permissions are needed so that Copyfish can communicate with the UI.Vision XModule, which it uses for desktop screenshots, for desktop OCR. Of course, you only need to install the desktop OCR module if you want to OCR outside of the web browser (e. g. from desktop apps, desktop dialogs, images, invoices, PDF,...)

    For more details, please see https://ocr.space/copyfish#desktop
  • by zeblur, 5 years ago
    Thank you for your explanation of the new permissions, and give you 5 stars. BTW, I hope the release notes for important changes could have obvious notice.

    Developer response

    posted 5 years ago
    The new permissions are needed so that Copyfish can communicate with the UI.Vision XModule, which it uses for taking desktop screenshots, for the new desktop OCR feature. Of course, you only need to install the UI.Vision XModule if you want to OCR outside of the web browser, on the desktop. Typcial use case for this are grabbing text from desktop apps, popup dialogs, images, invoices, PDF,...).

    For more details, please see https://ocr.space/copyfish#desktop

    PS: It would be great if you can change your 1-star review. 谢谢！
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  • by Firefox user 14562799, 6 years ago
    Easy to use & perfect, except in Firefox 66.05 the copy to clipboard button did not work. Clicking on the text from the OCR, then to select all, then copy to clipboard, it was perfect. No mistakes at all
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  • by Firefox user 14750756, 6 years ago
    Failed miserably to produce any useful characters from the page!

    Developer response

    posted 5 years ago
    Please email copyfish@ocr.space with more details about this problem.
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  • by Latisha Chan, 6 years ago
    Target language cannot be set to Traditional Chinese.

    Developer response

    posted 5 years ago
    Please email copyfish@ocr.space with more details about this problem.
  • by Firefox user 14689087, 6 years ago
  • by Firefox user 14660455, 6 years ago
    Doesn't work with vertical text. If they added support for this, this addon would be amazing.
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  • by Raouf, 6 years ago
    Very thank you really make firefox browsing is more ease and the best tool I have ever install ♥
  • by Firefox user 13188171, 6 years ago
    If the text is on a colored background, the extension has a hard time reading it. Also it's very inaccurate when trying to guess the characters for a language that doesn't use Roman letters.
  • by cowboygary, 6 years ago
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  • by Firefox user 10819582, 6 years ago
    Extremely helpful. I watch a lot of informational videos, and this allows me to capture text for notes in a FAR superior manor to retyping them. Recognition accuracy is excellent. I don't use the translation function, so I can't speak to that.
  • by dimarik, 6 years ago