2020-03-26 18:52:38 +00:00
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#!/usr/bin/env sh
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2020-03-25 16:41:57 +00:00
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# A script that utilizes OCR for a screenshot and copies the text to the clipboard.
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# Dependencies:
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# * tesseract 4.1.1
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# * leptonica-1.79.0
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# * The Tesseract english data
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# * Image libraries (e.g., `libgif`, `libwebp`)
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# * xclip - version 0.13
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# * the screenshot script I have at https://github.com/foo-dogsquared/dotfiles/blob/master/bin/screenshot
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help_section="
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Utilizes OCR to an image and copies the text to the clipboard.
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temp_dir=$(mktemp -d)
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temp_img="$temp_dir/image.png"
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temp_out="$temp_dir/output"
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screenshot --silent --select --output "$temp_img" && tesseract "$temp_img" "$temp_out" -l eng && less "$temp_out.txt" | xclip -selection clipboard && notify-send "Image content has been copied to clipboard" && rm -rf "$temp_dir"
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