ThriftAssist

🎯 What is ThriftAssist?

ThriftAssist helps you quickly find specific items (books, CDs, DVDs, etc.) in photos of shelves at used bookstores, thrift shops, or your own collection. Simply tell it what you're looking for, upload a photo, and it will highlight matching items for you.

🚀 Quick Start Guide

1. Enter search phrases: Type the titles, authors, or names you're looking for (e.g., "Stephen King, Harry Potter, The Beatles")
2. Upload your image: Select or take a photo of a bookshelf, media rack, or collection
3. Adjust threshold (optional): Start with 80% - increase for fewer high-accuracy results, decrease for more matches with lower confidence
4. Click "Analyze Image": Wait a few seconds while AI detects text and finds your items
5. View results: Matched items are highlighted on the results image that can be zoomed and panned for easy viewing

💡 Tips for Best Results

• Image quality matters: Use well-lit, clear photos where text is readable
• Get closer: For best accuracy, capture text at a readable size
• Multiple photos: For large collections, take several photos for different sections and search each separately
• Be specific: Use exact titles, artists, or author names for better matching
• Adjust threshold: If you get too many false matches, increase the threshold; if missing items, decrease it

📱 Image Viewing & Navigation

• Pinch to zoom: Use two fingers to zoom in/out on the image
• Control buttons: Use the +/- buttons in the bottom-right corner to zoom in/out or use diagonal arrows button to reset the view
• Drag to pan: Move around the zoomed image by dragging with one finger
• Mouse wheel: Scroll to zoom (desktop only)
• Keyboard: +/- to zoom, 0 or Esc to reset (desktop only)

🎨 Font Size Controls

Page Font Size: Adjusts the text size of this entire interface
Annotation Font Size: Adjusts the size of labels on the analyzed image
Click the 🔗 button to sync both app and image annotation font sizes together.