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v1.0.0
🚀 Initial release of Text Extractor for GNOME — a simple and fast OCR tool for the GNOME Shell, inspired by PowerToys Text Extractor for Windows.
✨ 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
🔧 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
