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 โ all using intuitive keyboard shortcuts.
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๐๏ธ Highlight
(H)
โ Highlight any selected text. -
๐ฝ Underline
(U)
โ Underline selected text. -
โ Strikethrough
(S)
โ Strike through selected text. -
๐๏ธ Sticky Notes
(P)
โ Add sticky notes to the top-left of the page. -
๐ Bookmarks
(B)
โ Bookmark selected text with sticky notes on the right; click to scroll to original. -
๐ Word Meaning
(M)
โ Show contextual word meanings, examples, and references in right-side sticky. -
๐ Smart Positioning โ Automatically calculates spacing for stacked stickies.
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๐ Deployable as Chrome Extension โ Fully functional in any modern Chrome browser.
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โ๏ธ Lightweight, Local-first โ 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