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If you've tried translating online manga, you've probably noticed how underwhelming most tools are.

For macOS users, I highly recommend trying Safari's built-in translation service. It uses Apple's Vision API for OCR and handles multi-image content incredibly quickly.

The Good: Speed: It’s noticeably faster than most plugins that rely on uploading images to a server, performing OCR, and then downloading translations. Ease of Use: Works seamlessly within the browser, with minimal setup. The Flaws: Poor Layout Handling: The recognized text doesn’t adapt well when zooming in or out in the browser. Formatting Issues for Japanese: Translated Japanese manga text often appears as awkward vertical text, rotated 90 degrees in a way that breaks immersion. The Idea: Imagine combining Apple's Vision API for lightning-fast OCR with a custom translation model tailored to manga (which likely already exists). This would address both speed and accuracy while allowing for more intelligent text placement and formatting.

Here’s the big question:

How can we enable Apple’s Vision API in other browsers like Chrome? Is it possible to integrate specialized translation models into this pipeline to enhance translation quality? Could we improve text rendering to better align with the original manga layout? Would love to hear thoughts on this. Have you experimented with similar setups, or is there another solution that’s already out there?

1.safari

Frankly, I only care if the new system is faster chrome, and Safari currently has only two advantages for me:

A. Live Text is really easy to use, I think Apple's server cost is high for this OCR feature, which is not supported by Chrome on Windows or macOS (pausing to copy video text on YouTube is very useful)

B. Compact layout and UI design really increase the vertical space, it can integrate tabs, address bar, and extension icons on a single bar, which is great, I use trackpad gestures to switch and close tabs, so it doesn't increase the difficulty of operation, which I have reported to Google many times but their UI design is slow to improve, for the screen of the first resolution, I believe that Chrome's UI will take up a huge space

In addition to this, there are too many disadvantages of Safari:

The speed of switching between multiple tabs is not comparable to chrome at all,Safari will drop frames when youtube videos are played at twice the speed of 4k,Insufficient extension,I'm a senior browser enthusiast,I still chose chrome for speed,Chrome's current problem is that two-finger zoom is not sensitive

2.iphone

I've long since stopped using an iPhone, so I don't care about the phone mirroring feature that I've experienced for a long time, in essence, the wireless network they use to transmit data is always not the ultimate smooth experience

I'm using a folding screen phone, believe me, a 220G, thinner than the iPhone folding machine is the ideal Internet terminal, watching the content is very comfortable, unless you like the phone to record videos, otherwise I can't think of a reason to continue using the iPhone in 2024

3.ai features and interactions

I'm very tired of making wheels repeatedly, I believe that Apple AI 10,000% is not as good as my GPT4 is a hundred times better, but Apple's advantage is that it can be linked to the hardware of the computer, which has the potential, but it is not enough for me to pay for it at present

4. So far, Apple has few advantages left

UI and other aesthetic design, I give this one full marks

The leader of the ARM chip PC, such as the MacBookM1, the peripheral power consumption is 5W (screen and the like), and the video SOC is only 1W, so that the power consumption of the whole machine is 7-8W, and the 49Wh battery can also play 7 hours of continuous video

Below is the original document, I am afraid that the machine translation is not accurate, I am currently also studying IELTS, but English is really difficult for me, I am now working in Viet Nam, I am very much looking forward to studying in English-speaking countries, no matter what, I expect Apple to continue to improve in software and hardware, do not squeeze toothpaste1.safari

Frankly, I only care if the new system is faster chrome, and Safari currently has only two advantages for me:

A. Live Text is really easy to use, I think Apple's server cost is high for this OCR feature, which is not supported by Chrome on Windows or macOS (pausing to copy video text on YouTube is very useful)

B. Compact layout and UI design really increase the vertical space, it can integrate tabs, address bar, and extension icons on a single bar, which is great, I use trackpad gestures to switch and close tabs, so it doesn't increase the difficulty of operation, which I have reported to Google many times but their UI design is slow to improve, for the screen of the first resolution, I believe that Chrome's UI will take up a huge space

In addition to this, there are too many disadvantages of Safari:

The speed of switching between multiple tabs is not comparable to chrome at all,Safari will drop frames when youtube videos are played at twice the speed of 4k,Insufficient extension,I'm a senior browser enthusiast,I still chose chrome for speed,Chrome's current problem is that two-finger zoom is not sensitive