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--- title: InstaQuote (PhotoQuote) visibility: public status: hackathon-concept date: 2013-01-01 --- # InstaQuote (PhotoQuote) InstaQuote (also called PhotoQuote) is a quote logging application with OCR capabilities for capturing passages directly from physical books. ## Concept Readers frequently encounter passages worth remembering but face friction in recording them. InstaQuote lets users photograph a page, extract the text via optical character recognition, and save the quote with metadata (book title, author, page number). Over time, the app builds a personal library of curated passages. ## Design Vision The app combines a camera interface optimized for book pages with a quote management system. Users can tag, search, and share their collected quotes. Social features could enable discovery of what others are reading and highlighting. ## Status **Hackathon concept** from the MIT era. The core OCR technology has since become widely available through smartphone cameras and apps like Google Lens, though a purpose-built quote management layer remains underserved. --- *Source: Hackathon projects document*