Text-Capture

script for text and QR code recognition.

installation:

drop the text_capture.desktop file into the /local/share/applications/ directory in the text_capture.desktop file specify the paths for text_capture.sh and the icon Exec=/home/user/text_capture/text_capture.sh Icon=/home/user/text_capture/text_capture.png make the file executable:

chmod +x ~/.local/share/applications/text_capture.desktop

also make the text_capture.sh file executable:

chmod +x text_capture.sh

add packages.

Required packages:

• tesseract-ocr — for text recognition.
• scrot — for screenshot capture.
• xclip — for working with the clipboard.
• notify-osd — for displaying notifications.
• zbar-tools — for recognizing QR codes. installation commands:

sudo apt install tesseract-ocr scrot xclip notify-osd zbar-tools

add support for different languages ​​to Tesseract,

by installing the corresponding language packs, for example:

sudo apt install tesseract-ocr-rus tesseract-ocr-eng

In the text capture function, specify the languages, for example:

LANGUAGES="rus+eng"