quickTrace

measure, don't trace

No image loaded A tracer copies what a chart looks like. This reads what it says: calibrate the axis, measure the geometry, hand back numbers and a rebuilt SVG made of real rectangles and real text. Start with a sample to see the accuracy on data whose true values are already known.

Recovered data

Label

Rebuilt chart preview

Both options end at the same place: clean SVG plus recovered numbers. They differ in how much of the pipeline is automatic on day one. Option B ships the amber stages as human clicks and buys back the automation later, once the tool has proved it saves time.

Option A — Full architecture

Everything automatic, nothing to click

Stages built

Rough effort

4–6 mo

Clicks / chart

0

Option B — Narrow MVP · chosen

Automatic where it's cheap, human where it's hard

Stages built

Rough effort

3–4 wk

Clicks / chart

3

Automatic Human click Deferred to a later phase