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Created September 19, 2021 08:12
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Automatic ocr with tesseract & flameshot
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d -t ocr-XXXXXXXXXX)
trap "rm -rf $TMPDIR" EXIT
cd "$TMPDIR"
flameshot gui -r > img.png
tesseract img.png text
cat text.txt | xsel --clipboard --input
@shoaib281
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thanks, this was very helpful

@dvbvr
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dvbvr commented Aug 11, 2023

I agree, great little helper :) Thanks for sharing!

@manitouphon
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Works perfectly as expected. Thank you, stranger on the intenet. <3

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