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Convert a bunch of pngs to pdf with ocr
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#!/usr/bin/env python3 | |
from PIL import Image | |
from os import stat | |
from glob import glob | |
import subprocess | |
try: | |
subprocess.check_output('rm *.gs.png temp_no_ocr.pdf output.pdf', shell=True, executable="/bin/bash") | |
except: | |
pass | |
files = sorted(glob('*.png')) | |
for idx, file in enumerate(files): | |
print(f"Processing {idx+1} of {len(files)}") | |
filename_parts = file.split('.') | |
with Image.open(file) as img: | |
img = img.convert("L", dither=None) # to grayscale | |
img = img.point(lambda x: 0 if x < 128 else 255, '1') | |
img.save(f"{filename_parts[0]}.gs.png") | |
files = sorted(glob('*.gs.png')) | |
subprocess.check_output('convert ' + ' '.join(files) + ' temp_no_ocr.pdf', shell=True, executable="/bin/bash") | |
subprocess.check_call(['ocrmypdf', 'temp_no_ocr.pdf', 'output.pdf']) | |
try: | |
subprocess.check_output('rm *.gs.png temp_no_ocr.pdf', shell=True, executable="/bin/bash") | |
except: | |
pass | |
size = round( | |
stat('output.pdf').st_size / pow(1024, 2), | |
2 | |
) | |
print(f"Filesize: {size}MB") |
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