PaperLens 🔍

A lightweight, AI-powered academic screenshot translator optimized for macOS (M1/M2/M3).

PaperLens simplifies the process of reading foreign research papers by combining local OCR and state-of-the-art LLMs. It eliminates the need to manually copy-paste text between applications.

🌟 Key Features

• Zero-Click Workflow: Just capture a screenshot to your clipboard (Cmd+Shift+Ctrl+4), and the translation pops up as a macOS system notification.
• M3 Optimized OCR: Uses EasyOCR for fast, local text extraction without uploading sensitive image data to the cloud.
• Academic-Grade Translation: Leverages DeepSeek-V3 with optimized prompts to handle professional terminology in AI, CV, and Robotics.
• Native Experience: Easily wrapped as a background .app using macOS Automator.

🛠️ Quick Start

1. Clone the Repo:

   git clone [https://github.com/madsoulr/PaperLens.git](https://github.com/madsoulr/PaperLens.git)
   cd PaperLens

2. Environment Setup:

   python3 -m venv .venv
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. API Configuration:

   • Rename env_sample.txt to .env.
   • Add your DeepSeek API Key: DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=your_sk_here.

🚀 Usage

Simply run:

python paper_lens.py