Zoom Avatar

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Zoom Avatar — AI Classroom Monitor

An animated pixel art avatar with AI-powered vision and text-to-speech, designed for teachers monitoring online classes. The avatar watches your screen or webcam and humorously calls out students caught using phones or tablets.

✦ Features:
• Animated pixel art avatar with blinking, lip sync, and bobbing animations
• AI device patrol — automatically detects phones and tablets on screen
• Text-to-speech with mouth animation synced to speech
• Auto-patrol mode with configurable scan interval (2-30 seconds)
• Screen or webcam capture for AI analysis
• Customizable avatar — upload a photo to recolor the character
• Slide change detection with dramatic zoom effects
• Fun Singlish-style callouts from "Officer Teng"

✦ How to use:
1. Click the extension icon to open the Control Panel
2. Enter your Anthropic API key
3. Click "Open Capture" and select screen or webcam
4. Click "Open Stage" to show the avatar (click to unlock audio)
5. Type text and click "Speak" — or start AI Patrol for automatic monitoring

✦ Requirements:
• An Anthropic API key (you bring your own key)
• Screen sharing or webcam for AI vision features

✦ Privacy:
• Your API key is stored locally on your device only
• Screen frames are sent directly to Anthropic's API and immediately discarded
• No data is collected or stored by this extension