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Illuminate is a Chrome OCR and translation extension designed for scenarios where you select an area of the screen or an image and instantly recognize and translate the text. It offers two OCR paths: local OCR and Pro cloud AI OCR. The free version can perform offline recognition inside the browser using WebAssembly/Tesseract.js, while Pro focuses on higher accuracy for complex fonts, handwriting, and multilingual content, plus features such as erasing text from images and overlaying translations in place.
The product supports multiple capture methods, including hovering over images, selecting an area via right-click, and using keyboard shortcuts. After recognition, it can translate into 30+ languages; its Bulk OCR service claims support for translation into 40+ languages, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Arabic. Pro’s context-aware translation emphasizes preserving meaning and tone, while inpainting can remove the original text from an image and naturally replace it with the translation, making it suitable for manga, screenshots, scanned materials, and similar use cases. The batch service supports up to 20 PNG/JPEG/WebP images per batch, with a maximum file size of 5MB each, and can export OCR text, translations, original images, and restored images.
The Free plan is permanently free and includes local OCR, offline use, and instant text extraction, but translation opens Google Translate. The Pro page shows an original/listed price of $5 while also marking a limited-time price of $0/month. It includes 200 credits per month, cloud AI OCR, in-app translation, seamless overlays, professional translation APIs, favorites, and batch processing. Each batch image processed consumes 1 credit; the long-term price after the promotional period is not clearly stated.
The privacy policy is relatively transparent: local OCR does not upload images; cloud processing sends images to Alibaba Cloud, and the official statement says content is not stored, retained, or accessed. Bulk OCR has more exceptions: images are stored on Cloudflare R2 and retained for 30 days after the task; OCR and translation results are stored in a D1 database and may be retained during the subscription period and for 12 months afterward. Limitations include the incomplete translation experience in the free version, Pro’s reliance on cloud processing and credits, and file/batch limits for bulk processing.
It is suitable for users reading foreign-language manga, translating images on web pages, digitizing handwritten notes, or processing research materials—especially those looking for a lightweight OCR workflow inside the browser. Access from China is not discussed in the main text; because it involves a Chrome extension, Google Translate, Polar.sh payments, and cloud services, users should test network and payment availability themselves. Alternatives include Google Translate image translation, Tesseract OCR, Immersive Translate, or other screenshot translation plugins.
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