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by krembo 13 days ago
Nice work, but how is this different from Shortcat?
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Most software in this space relies on accessibility apis, which means it only works in apps that have accessibility support. Neverclick uses computer vision. There are several advantages to using computer vision, the biggest one is that it works in every app. It also produces really good bounding boxes around text so it's great for editing text. And counterintuitively, it runs significantly faster than the traditional accessibility api approach. The hints show up instantaneously, even on old hardware.
The Mario Kart youtuber?