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Project Naptha is a browser extension software for Google Chrome that allows users to highlight, copy, edit and translate text from within images. It was created by developer Kevin Kwok, and released in April 2014 as a Chrome add-on. This software was first made available only on Google Chrome, downloadable from the Chrome Web Store. It was then made available on Mozilla Firefox, downloadable from the Mozilla Firefox add-ons repository but was soon removed. The reason behind the removal remains unknown. The web browser extension uses advanced imaging technology. Similar technologies have also been employed to produce hardcopy art, and the identification of these works. By adopting several Optical Character Recognition (OCR) algorithms, including libraries developed by Microsoft Research and Google, text is automatically identified in images. The OCR enables the build-up of a model of text regions, words and letters from all images. The OCR technology that Project Naptha adopts is a slightly differentiated technology in comparison to the technology used by software such as Google Drive and Microsoft OneNote to facilitate and analyse text within images. Project Naptha also makes use of a method called Stroke Width Transform (SWT), developed by Microsoft Research in 2008 as a form of text detection.

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  1. Kwok, Kevin. "Profile". https://plus.google.com/+KevinKwok/posts. 
  2. Brian, Matt. "This Chrome add-on lets you copy and erase text inside any image on the web". https://www.engadget.com/2014/04/23/download-project-naptha-chrome-extension/. 
  3. Chacos, Brad. "Meet Project Naptha, an amazing Chrome extension for modifying text in web images". http://www.pcworld.com/article/2147320/amazing-chrome-extension-lets-you-copy-translate-or-modify-text-in-web-images.html. 
  4. "Stroke Width Transform". http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=149305. 
  5. Starr, Michelle. "Chrome extension lets you copy text from images". http://www.cnet.com/news/chrome-extension-lets-you-copy-text-from-images/. 
  6. Wollman, Dana. "Adobe unveils Photoshop CS6 beta with redesigned UI and 65 new features, download it for free today". https://www.engadget.com/2012/03/22/adobe-photoshop-cs6-beta/. 
  7. Stu, Robarts. "New Google Chrome extension lets you copy and delete text in images". http://www.gizmag.com/project-naptha-text-copying/31779. 
  8. Chan, Norman. "In Brief: Project Naptha OCRs Web Images". http://www.tested.com/tech/web/460866-brief-project-naptha-ocrs-web-images/. 
  9. "Project Naptha". https://projectnaptha.com. 
  10. Hoffman, Chris. "Edit Image Text With Chrome's Project Naptha: What It Is & How To Use It". http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/edit-image-text-with-chromes-project-naptha-what-it-is-how-to-use-it/. 
  11. Khaw, Cassandra. "Edit Image Text with the useful Chrome extension". https://www.theverge.com/2014/4/23/5642144/easy-meme-editing-with-project-naptha-browser-plugin. 
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