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		antimatter15 on April 22, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Project Naptha: a browser extension that enables t... By default it uses Ocrad.js, a pure javascript OCR engine (ported via emscripten, see http://antimatter15.github.io/ocrad.js/demo.html). But if you right click on the selection and change the language to "Internet Meme", it should transcribe it correctly (note that this sends the selection off to a server for remote processing- It's not the default for privacy and scalability considerations at the moment).

skizm on April 22, 2014 [–]

Ah, much better!

Top: YOU SAID WE WERE LEAVING'ON TIME:TODAY

Bottom: THE FACT THAT I'M MAKING THIS MEME INSTEAD OF DRIVING DETERMINED THAT WAS A LIE

Next time I'll RTFM.

abandonliberty on April 23, 2014 | [–]

Mine automatically selects the appropriate language on the meme images. Including your link. Updated already?

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