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Ceyhun ÖZGÜN edited this page Aug 29, 2018 · 13 revisions

Welcome to the Speak, Translate and See with AWS Chrome Extension Wiki!

You can install the extension from Chrome Web Store.

You can find the source here.

You can view a demo video here

Video

Installation

  1. Go to Chrome Web Store extension page.
  2. Click 'Add To Chrome'.
  3. After the extension installed click the 'Set AWS Credentials' toolbar button.
  4. Enter your AWS credentials for accessing Amazon Polly, Amazon Translate and Amazon Rekognition. Please keep your AWS credentials safe and enter a credential with the minimum read-only permissions for Polly, Translate and Rekognition.

Using the extension

Go to a page and try the extension.

Amazon Polly functions

Read Selected Text Using Amazon Polly

  • Select a text in the page and right-click the selection.
  • Select 'Read Selected Text Using Amazon Polly'.
  • The text is shown the dialog, you can change and listen to the text.

Amazon Translate functions

Translate Selected Text Using Amazon Translate

  • Select a text in the page and right-click the selection.
  • Select 'Translate Selected Text Using Amazon Translate'.
  • You can select the source and target languages and listen to the main text and the translated text using speaker icons.
  • You can change the source text and click 'Translate' again.

Amazon Rekognition functions

Set Authy Token From Camera Using Amazon Rekognition

  • Click to the input field that Authy token will be entered and right-click the input field.
  • Select 'Set Authy Token From Camera Using Amazon Rekognition'.
  • Give permission to use the camera if requested and the video starts to be shown in a div.
  • Open Authy app on your phone and place your phone screen in the front of your camera after the token is shown
  • After you see the code in the div, click the video div to take the picture and read the code using Rekognition.

Detect Text Using Amazon Rekognition

  • Click any image in the page and right-click the image (Please note that this function is available on img tags only. It won't work for divs with a background image.).
  • Select 'Detect Text Using Amazon Rekognition'.
  • The image is shown in the dialog and sent to Rekognition for detecting text. Please note that Amazon Rekognition can detect up to 50 words for now.
  • The detected text is shown in the text area below.
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