ocrpdfs.sh

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# Found on http://www.documentsnap.com/abbyy-finereader-and-snow-leopard-file-not-created-with-scansnap/
# and modified to work from command line and behave slightly differently.  Creating an Automator script 
# to trigger should be trivial, though. you'd want to add a "cd /path/to/incoming_scans" at the top.
#
# Works with ScanSnap on Snow Leopard with the latest Abby Fine Reader and ScanSnap drivers.  Doesn't
# do the meta data munging though that should be trivial to add back in.
#
# Do you scanning all at once, then kick this script off when you leave your computer - this results in a 
# great speed up in workflow
#####

# For every document... 
FILES="*.pdf"

for f in $FILES 
do 
  echo $f

  # Get the name of the file without the full UNIX path and store it in the variable g 
  # This will just make the Growl notification easier to read 
  g="${f##*/}" 
  g="${g%.*}" 

  # Tell FineReader to open the pdf, and thereby start OCRing it. 
  open -a 'Scan to Searchable PDF.app' "$f" 

  # Since FineReader is not directly scriptable, check the directory every 30 seconds and wait until 
  # there is a file named "[yourPDFname] processed by FineReader.pdf". That's how you know FinderReader is done. 
  while [ ! -e "${f%.pdf} processed by FineReader.pdf" ]; do 
    sleep 5 
  done 

  # I don't remember why I wanted to wait another 15 seconds. 
  # I must have had a good reason at the time. Usually this just helps handle glitches. 
  # You can probably delete this without ruining Christmas (or your favorite holiday). 
  sleep 15 

  # Move thie file to the "Scan Output" directory in the parent directory
  # This deletes the original and replaces it with the OCR'd version 
  mv -f "${f%.pdf} processed by FineReader.pdf" "../Scan Output/$f"
  rm "$f"

  # Tell Growl to notify you. Use the icon from FineReader, use "FineReader for ScanSnap" as the title of the notification, 
  # and use "FineReader has finished OCRing [yourPDFname]" as the message 
  /usr/local/bin/growlnotify -a "FineReader for ScanSnap" -t "FineReader for ScanSnap" -m "FineReader has finished OCRing $g" 

# Exit
done