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OCR Images to text
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ocr-image.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Description: OCR images to text
# Requires: tesseract-ocr imagemagick xsel
# Usage: ocr-image <image(s)>
__ocr_image() {
local image
for image in "$@"; do
local tmp_img=$(mktemp)
cp "$image" "$tmp_img.png"
mogrify -modulate 100,0 -resize 700% "$tmp_img.png"
tesseract "$tmp_img.png" "$tmp_img" &> /dev/null
cp "$tmp_img.txt" "$image.txt"
done
exit 0
}
__ocr_image "$@"
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