Do y'all know about textise? I don't see mention of it come up in a quick search. https://www.textise.net/

It can be used with the duckduckgo bang !textise

It also works over Tor. And I have success using it as a proxy to avoid Cloudflare checkpoints.

I don't think that it is open source but not completely sure.

Copy from the site intro:

Textise is a new way of looking at the Web. It’s an internet tool that removes everything from a web page except for its text. In practice, this means that images, forms, scripts, adverts, they all go, leaving plain text. Find out more here... (https://textise.wordpress.com/about-textise/)

How to use this page

  1. Type or paste the URL of a web page into the box below and click "Textise". A text only version of the web page will be displayed.
  2. Type a search term into the box, select a search engine from the drop-down list, and click "Search". You will be taken to a text only version of the search results.
    • syzizeky@lemmy.ml
      hexagon
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      1 year ago

      My use case is to access text and link content on a web page anonymously over Tor without getting blocked by Cloudflare.

    • Crul@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I prefer Tranquility Reader add-on (no need for a 3rd party service). Firefox' native Reader Mod is not compatible with addons, like translation ones. Tranquility Reader is a bit more configurable too, but that's just an extra.

        • Crul@lemm.ee
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          1 year ago

          Update: The native local translation is indeed compatible with Tranquility Reader add-on. They work with both combinations of:

          • First translate the page, then enable Tranquility mode
          • First enable Tranquility mode, then translate the page
          See screenshot

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        • Crul@lemm.ee
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          1 year ago

          If you mean the official addon Firefox Translations (AFAIK there is no real native translation on FF, but let me know if I'm wrong), I just did a quick test and it seems to work.

          See screenshot

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