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RomanizeMe - Browser Extension for Romanizing Non-Latin Scripts

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A browser extension for romanizing the pronunciation of non-Latin scripts.

📝 Table of Contents

• 📝 Table of Contents
• 🧐 About
• 🏁 Getting Started
  • 🔧 Installation
  • 🖱️ Usage
• 📅 Version History
• 📅 Development Roadmap
  • 🌍 Supported Scripts/Languages
  • ✅ TODO List
• ❓ FAQ
• 🤝 Contributing
• 🙏 Acknowledgments
• 📜 License

🧐 About

This is a browser extension for language learners with the following main features:

• Romanize pronunciation of non-Latin scripts
• Extensible language support architecture
• Simple and easy-to-use interface

🏁 Getting Started

🔧 Installation

• Chrome (Pending Google Chrome Web Store approval)

• Edge

• Firefox (Not yet supported. Researching adaptation for Firefox.)

For now, you can manually download the installation package and drag & drop it into your browser to install.

🖱️ Usage

1. Open a web page containing non-Latin scripts
2. Click the extension icon in the browser toolbar
3. Select the script/language you want to romanize
4. Click "Romanize"
5. Hover over characters to see their pronunciation

📅 Version History

• 1.0.0 (2025-01-08)

  • Basic functionality implementation
  • Hangul (Korean) support

• 1.1.0 (2025-01-16)

  • Japanese Kana (Romaji) support

• 1.2.0 (2025-01-17)

  • UI optimization and i18n support (Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean)

• 1.2.1 & 1.2.2 (2025-01-23)

  • i18n support (French added)

📅 Development Roadmap

🌍 Supported Scripts/Languages

• Hanzi
  • Mandarin (planned for v1.3.0)
  • Cantonese
  • Other dialects...
• Hangul
• Japanese
  • Kana (Romaji)
  • Kanji
  • Katakana (original language, e.g. English)
• Cyrillic
  • Russian
  • Ukrainian
  • Other languages...
• Arabic
  • Arabic
  • Other languages...
• Tibetan
• Other scripts/languages...

✅ TODO List

• Shortcut key support
• i18n support
• Function guide and sample page
• Settings page development
• Annotation style customization
• Pronunciation audio support
• Support for more languages
• Adaptation for major browsers

❓ FAQ

Q: Which browsers are supported? A: Currently Chrome and Chromium-based browsers (e.g. Edge) are supported.

Q: How do I update the extension? A: Just download the latest version and reload.

Q: Does the extension collect user data? A: No. In fact, the extension has no need to collect user data.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions to the RomanizeMe project are welcome! If you have questions, suggestions, or code contributions, please follow these steps:

1. Create an Issue on GitHub describing the problem.
2. Fork the repository and make changes in your local environment.
3. Submit a Pull Request with detailed description of your changes.

🙏 Acknowledgments

Thanks to the Tiny Segmenter project. This is a JavaScript library for segmenting Japanese text, providing critical functionality for RomanizeMe. Tiny Segmenter is free software available under the modified BSD license.

📜 License

RomanizeMe is distributed under the MIT License.