Scan2AI

Scan2AI solves a small but constant annoyance: the information you need is visible on screen, but it is locked inside an image, a canvas, an app window, or a video frame where you cannot select or copy it. Instead of retyping it, you draw a selection box and hand the pixels to an AI model. The extension handles the capture layer, and the model handles the understanding layer — OCR, translation, summarisation of visual content, or data extraction into a usable format.

The extension is deliberately narrow in scope. It exposes a capture control from the browser toolbar, renders an overlay so you can pick the exact region you want, and then packages the image for the AI endpoint you have configured. Because the heavy lifting happens on the API side, the extension itself stays small (around 2.6 MB) and fast, and it does not need to maintain its own OCR or translation models.

Scan2AI is published as a developer utility with a simple non-trader distribution model: it is free to add to Chrome, and the developer states that it does not collect or sell your data. Practically speaking, the cost and quality of the AI results come from whichever AI API you point it at, so your own account, key and rate limits govern what you get.