Reviews for Copyfish
Copyfish by Ocr.Space (Free OCR API)
Review by anonymous
Rated 3 out of 5
by anonymous, 7 years agoI 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.
"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 7 years agoThanks 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
For more details, please see https://ocr.space/copyfish#desktop
185 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by 98juanfelipe, 3 months agoConfío plenamente es esta excelente extensión me permite convertir imágenes a texto rápidamente, la recomiendo al 100%
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19784401, 5 months ago
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- Rated 5 out of 5by elsenfox, 7 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13383315, 10 months agoPrevents page elements from showing/loading, prevents proper login in accounts etc.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Richard "TacImpulse" Scott, a year agoThis thing is awesome! Exactly what I was trying to find, and then some! Bravo devs!
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18304252, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18707959, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18988390, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Mexico84810, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18356488, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Dx_Diag, 2 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by verox, 2 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Eternal Prime, 2 years ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 18465282, 2 years agoTried it on two images, failed on both (it didn't even attempt to extract any text). Uninstalled.
- Rated 3 out of 5by Necroheadbanger, 2 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by deathbringer597, 2 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by psalm1312, 2 years agothis is sooo useful. it makes writing alt text sooo much easier. thank you thank you
- Rated 5 out of 5by Ankit, 2 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15321816, 2 years agoSuper Erweiterung. Funktioniert Tadellos.
***** Stars - Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13202285, 2 years agoSeems to work fine for other languages, but it doesn't support Thai :(