dnmellen · March 2, 2023 11:06 · Jan 7, 2014 · Jan 7, 2014
diff --git a/ocrshot.py b/ocrshot.py
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python -tt
 
+"""
+Takes an screenshot (the user draws a rectangle to select the interesting area), scans the resulting image and copy the text to clipboard
+
+- scrot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrot)
+- readbot (`pip install readbot`)
+- pyperclip (`pip install pyperclip`)
+"""
+
 import sys
 import subprocess
 import pyperclip

diff --git a/ocrshot.py b/ocrshot.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python -tt
+
+import sys
+import subprocess
+import pyperclip
+from readbot import ReadBot
+
+TEMPORARY_FILENAME = "/tmp/ocr_screenshot.png"
+
+
+def grab_screenshot():
+    """
+    Takes an screenshot and returns the saved file path
+    """
+
+    try:
+        retcode = subprocess.call('scrot -s ' + TEMPORARY_FILENAME, shell=True)
+        if retcode == 0:
+            return TEMPORARY_FILENAME
+    except OSError as e:
+        sys.stderr.write('Execution failed: ' + e)
+
+
+def image_to_clipboard(img_path):
+    """
+    Given an screenshot copy text to clipboard
+    """
+
+    if img_path:
+        rb = ReadBot()
+        text = rb.interpret(img_path)
+        if text:
+            pyperclip.copy(text)
+    else:
+        sys.stderr.write('No screenshot supplied')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    image_to_clipboard(grab_screenshot())