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RomanizeMe - Browser Extension for Romanizing Non-Latin Scripts

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A browser extension designed for language enthusiasts, providing romanization for 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 designed 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

• Edge

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

🖱️ Usage

1. Open any 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)

  • Initial release with basic functionality
  • Support for Korean (Hangul)

• 1.1.0 (2025-01-16)

  • Added support for Japanese (Kana-Romaji)

• 1.2.0 (2025-01-17)

  • UI improvements and i18n support (now supports Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean)

• 1.2.1 & 1.2.2 (2025-01-23)

  • Added French language support for i18n

• 1.3.0 & 1.3.1 (2025-02-05)

  • Added support for Mandarin Chinese (Pinyin)
  • Optimized display effect when overflowing

• 2.0.0 (2025-2-22)

  • Refactored the entire program with React+Plasmo, optimized the running logic
  • Added Toast notifications (when conversion and restoration are completed)
  • Optimized UI styling
  • 2.0.1
    • Adjusted some features according to different browsers
  • 2.0.2
    • Greatly optimized the conversion algorithm to avoid page freezing
    • Fixed UI display issue when resetting settings
  • 2.0.3
    • Met Chrome Web Store review requirements, fixed some bugs

📅 Development Roadmap

🌍 Supported Scripts/Languages

• Chinese Characters
  • Mandarin Chinese (Supported in v1.3.0)
  • Cantonese
  • Other dialects...
• Hangul (Korean)
• 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

• Add shortcut key support
• Add feature guide and sample page
• Add i18n support
• Add Toast notifications
• Develop settings page
• Implement annotation style customization
• Add pronunciation audio support
• Add more language support

❓ FAQ

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

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

Q: Does the extension collect user data? A: No. In fact, the extension itself does not need to collect any user data.

🤝 Contributing

Welcome to contribute to the RomanizeMe project! If you have any questions, suggestions or code contributions, please follow these steps:

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

🙏 Acknowledgments

Special thanks to the Pinyin-Pro project, a professional JavaScript library for converting Chinese to pinyin, featuring accurate polyphonic recognition, lightweight, high performance, and rich functionality. Pinyin-Pro is free software that can be used and redistributed under the MIT License.

📜 License

RomanizeMe is distributed under the MIT License.