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@imshaaz21 imshaaz21 released this 10 Jun 07:31
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🚀 Initial release of Text Extractor for GNOME — a simple and fast OCR tool for the GNOME Shell, inspired by PowerToys Text Extractor for Windows.

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✨ Features

  • 🖼️ Select any part of your screen to extract text
  • 📋 Automatically copies extracted text to clipboard
  • 🌐 Supports English and Tamil (தமிழ்) OCR
  • ⚡ Uses Tesseract for accurate and fast recognition
  • 🧰 Integrated preferences for language and panel visibility

📦 Dependencies

  • tesseract-ocr
  • xclip
  • gnome-screenshot
  • (Optional) tesseract-ocr-tam for Tamil support

👉 Installation Instructions


🔧 Tested on:

  • Fedora 40
  • GNOME Shell 48.2

💬 Feedback and contributions welcome!

Full Changelog: https://github.com/imshaaz21/text-extractor-gnome/commits/v1.0.0