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title: InstaQuote (PhotoQuote)
visibility: public
status: hackathon-concept
date: 2013-01-01
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# 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.

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*Source: Hackathon projects document*