socr

screenshot OCR tool, allows you to keep a searchable database of your screenshots and their contained text

Usage: socr [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  add     add a single screenshot to the database
  build   build db from the directory (run once)
  search  search for a screenshot given text

requirements

• imagemagick
• tesseract
• exiftool
• python 3.6+
• probably linux

setup

• install above requirements
• pip3 install --user git+https://github.com/sentriz/socr.git
• edit ~/.config/socr/config.py (see example config)
• socr build (run once per install) looks at all your screenshots, extracts the text, embeds the text, and builds the database
• add socr add <path to screenshot> to your screenshoting tool

example usage

• socr search <text> to see matching files
• feh $(socr search <text>) with, for example, feh to view all matching screenshots
• rm $(socr search <secret>) to delete screenshots with matching text (say you captured your password accidentally)

example config

# ~/.config/socr/config.py

SCREENSHOT_DIR="~/pictures/screenshots"
SCREENSHOT_EXT="png"