OCR Screen Capture

Description

This application allows users to capture a portion of their screen and extract text from it using Optical Character Recognition (OCR). It is built with Electron and Tesseract.js, providing a seamless experience for text extraction directly from your desktop.

Features

• Screen Capture: Easily select any area of your screen to capture.
• OCR Processing: Utilizes Tesseract.js for accurate text extraction from captured images.
• Base64-only Processing: Efficiently handles image data in-memory without relying on temporary files, improving performance and reducing disk I/O.
• Cross-Platform: Built with Electron, making it compatible with various operating systems.
• Language Support: Supports multiple languages for OCR, including English and Khmer, with auto-detection capabilities.

Installation

Prerequisites

• Node.js (LTS version recommended)
• npm (Node Package Manager)

Steps

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone [repository_url]
   cd ocr-screen-capture

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

Usage

Development Mode

To run the application in development mode:

npm run dev

Production Build

To build the application for production:

npm run build

This will generate distributable files (e.g., .dmg, .zip for macOS) in the dist directory.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit issues or pull requests.

License

[Specify your license here, e.g., MIT License]