Update fast-ocr-to-clipboard

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 tags = ["tools", "linux"]
 
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@@ -18,24 +18,70 @@ I wanted to share a surprisingly elegant solution I found to copying text into
 the clipboard where for one reason or another it's otherwise not possible.
 
 ```bash
-flameshot gui --raw | \
-  tesseract stdin stdout | \
-  xclip -in -selection clipboard
+flameshot gui --raw \
+  | tesseract stdin stdout -l eng \
+  | xclip -in -selection clipboard
 ```
 
 - [flameshot](https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot) ::  Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software
 - [tesseract](https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract) :: Tesseract Open Source OCR Engine
 - [xclip](https://github.com/astrand/xclip) :: Command line interface to the X11 clipboard
 
+If you're using [Wayland](https://wayland.freedesktop.org/), substitute `xclip`
+for `wl-copy`:
+
+```bash
+flameshot gui --raw \
+  | tesseract stdin stdout -l eng \
+  | wl-copy
+```
+
+- [wl-clipboard](https://github.com/bugaevc/wl-clipboard) :: Command-line copy/paste utilities for Wayland
+
 I didn't come up with this incantation, rather found it after a lot of searching
 for a tool that solves this problem.
 
 The `flameshot gui` launches a GUI that allows you to select a region of the
-screen, and then press enter. The image output is piped to `tesseract` which
-does the OCR and in turn pipes it to `xclip` which copies it to the clipboard.
+screen, and then press `enter`. The image output is piped to `tesseract` which
+does the OCR and in turn pipes it to `xclip` or `wl-copy` which copies it to the
+clipboard.
+
+Note that `tesseract` has a lot of options, and you can specify the languages.
+
+>That beautifully demonstrates the power of the unix tools philosophy.
+>
+>Flameshot knows nothing of OCR, tesseract has no gui and doesn't need it.
+>
+> Do one thing and do it well. — <cite>u/Dee_Jiensai [^1]</cite>
+
+# Flameshot Alternatives
+
+- [maim](https://github.com/naelstrof/maim) :: (make image) takes screenshots of your desktop.
+- [grim](https://github.com/emersion/grim) :: Grab images from a Wayland compositor
+
+Some Reddit users suggested these alternatives to flameshot:
+
+```bash
+grim -g "$(slurp)" -
+```
+
+```bash
+maim -s
+```
+
+I haven't tried `grim` because I'm not using Wayland yet, but `maim` is a great!
+One advantage of `maim` in this use case is that it doesn't require pressing
+`Enter`.
+
+# Discussion
+
+Check out the [r/linux](https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/10icyjo/fast_ocr_to_clipboard/) discussion on this blog post.
+
+Thanks everyone for the suggestions! I have updated this post with them in mind.
 
-I think this is the first time I've seen a GUI tool that follows the [Unix
-Philosophy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy).
+---
 
-I personally alias this to `ft` in my NixOS (btw) config [like
-so](https://github.com/willbush/system/blob/cd423aa52823a16f9486374b572d69296b8d16cd/users/profiles/programs.nix#L54).
+[^1]: The above is [a
+    quote](https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/10icyjo/fast_ocr_to_clipboard/j5fdvnp/)
+    from a user on Reddit in the discussion of this blog post referring to the
+    [Unix Philosophy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy).