YuzuLingo — Hardsub OCR and Language Reader by YuzuLingo

Turn hardsubbed web videos into interactive language lessons.

YuzuLingo uses fast, on-device text recognition (OCR) to make burned-in hardsubs hoverable, searchable, and easy to read directly inside your browser's video players.

🌟 KEY FEATURES

• Hover-to-Lookup: Hover over burned-in hardsubs on YouTube, Bilibili, and open web video players to get instant dictionary definitions.
• Furigana and Pinyin Overlays: Toggle phonetic reading guides directly above Kanji (Japanese) and Hanzi (Chinese) characters in real time.
• Active Recall Blur Zones: Mask hardsubs with customizable blur or solid covers to test your listening first, then hover or hold a hotkey to reveal.
• 5 Language Engines: Comprehensive OCR and dictionary lookup support for Japanese, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Korean, English, and Spanish.
• 100% On-Device and Private: Video frames and OCR text recognition run entirely inside your browser. Video content is never uploaded to external servers.

🎯 PERFECT FOR

• Japanese learners watching anime or YouTube channels with burned-in hardsubs.
• Chinese learners watching Bilibili, Youku, or dramas with hardcoded Chinese subtitles.
• Korean, English, and Spanish learners looking to read native video content effortlessly.
• Immersion language learners practicing Mass Immersion or active listening methodologies.

🚀 GET STARTED IN 10 SECONDS

1. Add YuzuLingo to your browser and pin it to your extension toolbar.
2. Open any video player containing burned-in subtitles.
3. Draw a zone over the subtitle area and hover over words to view lookups.

(Roadmap Note: Saved vocabulary bank and Anki export integrations are under active development for upcoming releases.)

Have questions or feature requests? Visit yuzulingo.com or contact us at hello@yuzulingo.com.