xbindkeys bindings to copy recognized (OCRed) text of rectangular selection or current window to clipboard (similar to Text Extractor of Powertoys under Microsoft Windows)

.xbindkeys.sh

# Uses ksnip to select a rectangular region. Other options, instead of
# 
#   ksnip --rectarea --saveto "$file"
# 
# are
#
# - spectacle --background --region --output "$file"
# - xfce4-screenshooter --region --mouse --save "$file"
# - maim --select --hidecursor --quiet "$file"

"file="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/ocr-$(date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S').png"; ksnip --rectarea --saveto "$file"; tesseract -c debug_file=/dev/null -l eng+deu "$file" - | xsel --input --clipboard && rm "$file"; notify-send --expire-time=1000 --urgency=normal "copied recognized text of selected rectangular region to clipboard""
  Shift + Print
  
# Uses ksnip to take a shot of the active window. Other options, instead of
# 
#   ksnip --active --saveto "$file"
# 
# are
#
# - spectacle --background --activewindow --output "$file"
# - xfce4-screenshooter --window --mouse --save "$file"
# - maim --window=$(xdotool getactivewindow) --hidecursor --quiet "$file"
#
# where the last option Maim depends on xdotool.

"file="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/ocr-$(date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S').png"; ksnip --active --saveto "$file"; tesseract -c debug_file=/dev/null -l eng+deu "$file" - | xsel --input --clipboard && rm "$file"; notify-send --expire-time=1000 --urgency=normal "copied recognized text of active window to clipboard""
  Control + Shift + Print