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The Log

The Log is the main window’s transcript: every line from your source, newest at the bottom, with the time it arrived. Skipped a line too fast? Scroll back. Pick up tomorrow where you left off. Each game or book has its own session.

The Log with a session of Japanese lines, one translated into English, and names from the Notebook shown as chips.The Log with a session of Japanese lines, one translated into English, and names from the Notebook shown as chips.
  • Hold Shift and hover a word to look it up.
  • Names from the Notebook show as chips (人 for characters, 地 for places, 物 for things); click one for its card.
  • The Log shows the latest 100 lines; Show earlier lines loads 100 more.
  • A divider marks each new day when a session spans several.

Before the first scan the Log says No lines yet, with a shortcut to Source settings.

An empty Log: No lines yet, with a Source settings button.An empty Log: No lines yet, with a Source settings button.

Line actions

Section titled “Line actions”

Hover a line and press ⋯, or right-click it:

Action What it does
Read aloud Plays the line in an ElevenLabs voice (Kimochi Cloud).
Copy text Copies the line (the English, when it is translated).
Copy selection / Add to notebook… With text selected in the Log: copy it, or add it to the Notebook.
Translate / Show original See Translation and AI. Shortcut T.
Explain See Translation and AI. Shortcut E.
Delete line Removes the line from the session.
A line's action menu in the Log.A line's action menu in the Log.
Section titled “The footer”

The footer shows this session’s reading stats, the text size buttons and the session menu.

The Log's footer: reading time, line count, character count and reading speed, then A− and A+, the session name and the ⋯ menu.The Log's footer: reading time, line count, character count and reading speed, then A− and A+, the session name and the ⋯ menu.
  • Reading time, lines, chars and chars/h (reading speed). The timer pauses when you have been idle for a minute (Settings → Log → Reading timer).
  • A− / A+ change the Log’s text size (12–48 px).
  • The session name opens the session menu.
  • ⋯ chooses which stats the footer shows, and has Clear lines…, Reset stats… and Log settings….
The Log's ⋯ menu: Show in footer (Reading time, Line count, Character count, Reading speed), Clear lines, Reset stats and Log settings.The Log's ⋯ menu: Show in footer (Reading time, Line count, Character count, Reading speed), Clear lines, Reset stats and Log settings.

Which lines are kept

Section titled “Which lines are kept”

Settings → Log → Incoming lines filters what lands in the Log:

Setting Default What it does
Japanese only Off Keeps only lines with Japanese text.
Skip repeats 1 Drops a line that matches any of the last N lines.
Merge streamed lines Off Joins lines that arrive a piece at a time, comparing the first Characters to compare (4).
Keep at most 5000 Lines per session.

Text replacements are pattern rules (regular expressions) applied to incoming lines, top to bottom, for example to strip stage directions or normalise quotes. Each has a pattern, flags (such as g) and a replacement, and can be turned off or dragged to reorder.

Settings, Log: Reading, Incoming lines, Text replacements and Reading timer.Settings, Log: Reading, Incoming lines, Text replacements and Reading timer.

The activity ticker

Section titled “The activity ticker”

A small ticker at the foot of the Log shows what the last scan did (Added 2 lines, No new text, Capture failed: …). Click it for the recent history.

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