iOS-style "select text on any image" OCR for de-googled Android

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TextGrab is an open-source Android app that brings iOS-style text selection directly on images using on-device OCR. It is designed for de-Googled Android environments, avoiding Google ML Kit dependencies. Users can tap and drag to select text from any image without sending data to external services.

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Score Breakdown

Traction

raw 1.00 · weight 35%

3.5pts

Novelty

0.1 days old · weight 20%

20.0pts

Source diversity

1 source · weight 10%

3.3pts

AI quality

raw 62.00 · weight 35%

21.7pts

Clear niche value for de-Googled Android users with privacy focus and on-device OCR, but zero traction and unproven execution.

Final Score49/100

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