Lookout

Do you zone out in the middle of your video call? Or are you super productive and want to multitask by attending call and doing something else? Then Lookout aims to solve this issue by providing a lookout for you (i.e. the text you specify) on Google Meet! This extension parses the captions of the call and alerts whenever someone says your defined string.

Installation

From Chrome Web Store (recommended)

• Visit this link: Lookout
• Click on Add to Chrome and then click on Add extension in the popup that appears.

Using git clone

• In your console, type git clone https://github.com/pathakshashank17/Bordify.git
• Open chrome, click on ellipsis on top right corner.
• Go to More tools > Extensions and toggle on the Developer mode toggler.
• Now click on Load unpacked
• Browse over to the cloned repo and select the folder. The extension has now been installed.

Using Download zip

• Click on Code dropdown on the repo page.
• Download the zip file and extract it.
• Follow the above set of instructions from step 2.

Usage

• Click on the icon on the extensions tray.
• Type the lookout text into the input field and press Toggle button.
• To change the lookout text, again type into input field and press toggle.
• To turn off the lookout, just press on the Toggle button while the input field is empty.
• Whenever the extension detects the lookout string in the captions, it sounds beeps (3-4 times apprx.).

All suggestions, issues, bugs and contributions are welcome 🤗.