FrameText Privacy Policy

Effective November 6, 2026

FrameText is a browser extension that lets you select and copy the text shown in a paused video, and save screenshots of video frames. This policy explains what happens to your data when you use it. In short: FrameText does not collect, store, or send any of your data anywhere.

What FrameText processes

• Video frames. When you click Select text or Screenshot (or, if you turn on Read text while paused, when you pause a video), FrameText reads the current frame of that video. Text recognition runs entirely on your computer, using the Tesseract OCR engine bundled inside the extension. The frame and the recognized text stay in your browser's memory and are discarded when you close the text layer, play the video, or leave the page.
• Text you copy. Text and screenshots are placed on your clipboard, and screenshots are saved to your downloads folder, only when you ask for them.
• Settings. Your FrameText options (for example, whether the buttons are shown and which sites you have turned FrameText off on) are saved with Chrome's storage API, which Chrome may sync across your own signed-in browsers. They contain no browsing history or page content.

What FrameText does not do

• It does not send video frames, recognized text, screenshots, or settings to any server. The extension makes no network requests.
• It does not collect personal information, browsing history, or usage analytics.
• It does not use cookies, advertising, or tracking of any kind.
• It does not sell, share, or transfer any data to third parties.

Permissions

FrameText asks for access to all websites so it can show its buttons on videos wherever you watch them. It reads a video's frame only when you use it (or turn on background reading). On YouTube, when you select text on a paused video playing below 720p, it asks the YouTube player to switch to HD so small text can be read. Full details of each permission are in the extension's store listing.

Children

FrameText does not knowingly collect information from anyone, including children.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted at this address with a new effective date.

Contact

Questions about this policy: pavangangireddy53@gmail.com