LaserFocus

LaserFocus helps you learn actively, not passively! Press Start, stay engaged, and level up. Turn any video into active learning with periodic MCQs. Stay engaged, retain more. ✨ What’s new in this version 🔁 Extension now has a pro mode which includes access to 3600 minutes and 3000 questions 💡 Multiple Languages: Now available in English and Hindi in the free version. Pro has access to Spanish, French, Italian, German, Turkish, Vietnamese, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Russian and Indonesian ⚙️ Performance & stability: Faster startup, stronger error handling for long sessions. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The extension has the following features and more features to be added with every update: 🧠 Smarter MCQs: Better question variety ⏸️ Auto-pause overlay: Video pauses until you answer ♻️ Checkpoint resume: Restart from the last checkpoint when you get answers wrong 🧩 Background-safe: Keeps running even if the popup is closed ⭐️ Core Features 🔊 Tab-audio only: Captures only the current tab’s audio (not your microphone) 🕒 Custom intervals: Choose how often questions appear (e.g., every 1–5 minutes) #️⃣ Question count: Set how many MCQs per interval 🛑 Video control: Auto-pause for the question; resume on correct answer 🔐 Privacy-first: No ad tracking; least-privilege permissions 🎯 Randomized options: Answer choices are shuffled every time 🖼️ In-page MCQs: Clean overlay that blocks distractions until you respond 🧭 Works across multiple sites 🧮 Quotas/limits: Free plan in beta has a limit of 100 minutes and 40 questions (whichever exhausts first) ⭐️ How it works • Click Start to begin • LaserFocus captures the active tab’s audio, sends it to a transcriber for transcription, and uses LLM to generate short MCQs. • At your chosen interval, the video pauses and a question appears. • Answer correctly to resume; answer wrong to retry or restart from checkpoint. ⭐️ Privacy & Data • Captures tab audio only with your action; no microphone access. • Audio is sent to a transcriber for transcription; text is sent to a llm to generate MCQs. • No selling of data • Storage: audio/transcripts are not stored by LaserFocus; basic usage counts kept for quota enforcement. • See our full Privacy Policy for details and your choices. ⭐️ Permissions we use (and why) • tabCapture – capture tab audio only after you click Start • offscreen – process audio reliably even if the popup is closed • scripting / activeTab – inject the MCQ overlay into the current page • storage – remember your settings and usage counters. • notifications – optional reminders and timing for intervals. • tabs – resume/pause the active video and track the current tab. ⭐️ Great for • Students, professionals, and lifelong learners who want accountability during video lessons • Anyone who drifts during lectures, tutorials, or long talks and wants gentle, periodic check-ins ⭐️ Support • Questions or feedback? Email: ashispnayak@gmail.com