A powerful and customizable Chrome extension that enhances your reading experience by enabling smart text interactions. Highlight, underline, strikethrough, add sticky notes, bookmarks, and look up contextual word meanings β all using intuitive keyboard shortcuts.
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ποΈ Highlight
(H)β Highlight any selected text. -
π½ Underline
(U)β Underline selected text. -
β Strikethrough
(S)β Strike through selected text. -
ποΈ Sticky Notes
(P)β Add sticky notes to the top-left of the page. -
π Bookmarks
(B)β Bookmark selected text with sticky notes on the right; click to scroll to original. -
π Word Meaning
(M)β Show contextual word meanings, examples, and references in right-side sticky. -
π Smart Positioning β Automatically calculates spacing for stacked stickies.
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π Deployable as Chrome Extension β Fully functional in any modern Chrome browser.
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βοΈ Lightweight, Local-first β No unnecessary permissions or background processes.
- Install the extension in Chrome (see below)
- Select any text on a webpage
- Press a shortcut key (
H,U,S,P,B, orM) - Interact with stickies or bookmark notes
- Clone the repo:
git clone https://github.com/yasirali646/contextual-text-annotator.git
cd contextual-text-annotator