OCR Shell

OCR Shell is a convenient command-line tool for quick and easy text extraction from images. Whether you have an image in your clipboard or a saved file, OCR Shell makes it easy to extract text without the hassle of manual handling.

Prerequisite

Tesseract OCR

• On Windows, you can download an installer from the Tesseract GitHub repository.
• On macOS, you can install Tesseract using Homebrew with the command brew install tesseract.

Make sure the tesseract is found on your executable PATH.

Installation

To install OCR Shell, simply run:

pip install ocr-shell

This command will install OCR Shell and all its dependencies.

Usage

From Clipboard

To extract text from an image in your clipboard, just type:

$ ocr
... text found in the copied image ...

From a File

OCR Shell also works with saved images. Just provide the path to the image:

$ ocr ~/Desktop/Screenshot.png
... more text extracted ...

Unit Tests

$ python -m unittest discover
..
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 2 tests in 0.407s

OK

Contributing

Contributions to OCR Shell are welcome! Whether it's bug reports, feature requests, or code contributions, your input is valuable. To contribute:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch for your feature or bug fix.
3. Commit your changes.
4. Push to your branch.
5. Submit a pull request.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to the Tesseract OCR team for their amazing work.
• Matt King for initial development.
• All contributors who help to improve OCR Shell.