Clipboard Typer is a chrome extension that allows users to emulate typing text directly from their clipboard. It simplifies the process of pasting content by mimicking a natural typing effect, making it useful for various scenarios where manual typing is preferred.
- Clone the repository or download the ZIP file.
- Open Chrome and go to
chrome://extensions/. - Enable "Developer mode" at the top-right corner.
- Click on "Load unpacked" and select the extension directory.
- debugger: the extension uses the debugger api to emulatyping, as other methods do not work on some sites (i.e.: google docs)
- scripting and activeTab: the extension uses scripting to inject a short script that reads the clipboard from the currently active tab, as there's no other way afaik of reading the clipboard from a service worker
- Copy text to your clipboard.
- Right click on any page and choose the "Start typing" option. Alternatively, click on the extension icon and choose the "Start typing" choice
- To stop typing, repeat the same process, but choose "Stop typing"