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Quick script that convert image to text in GNOME
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EasyOCRtoClipboard.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Small script that works on GNOME as OCR to text
# Install
# sudo apt-get install tesseract-ocr
# sudo apt-get install xsel
# Usage
# Bound shortcut(Ctrl-Alt-Z) from GNOME settings
# Press (Ctrl-Alt-Z)
# Select area
# Paste to editor
cd /tmp/
rm temp.png
gnome-screenshot -a --file=temp.png
tesseract temp.png output ; cat output.txt | xsel -bi ; rm output.txt
exit 1
# Known bugs
# Sometimes it's necessary to press (Ctrl-Alt-Z) few times
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