screen_region_ocr.sh file to your home folderchmod +x ~/screen_region_ocr.sh to make it executablescreen_region_ocr.desktop to ~/.local/share/applications/ (change Exec path)You can now run Screen Region OCR from your application launcher, select a screen region then paste (Ctrl+V) the OCRed text where you need it
| [Desktop Entry] | |
| Version=0.1 | |
| Type=Application | |
| Name=Screen Region OCR | |
| Comment=OCR the selected screen region | |
| Exec=~/screen_region_ocr.sh | |
| Icon=text-x-generic.png | |
| Terminal=false | |
| Categories=Utility |
| #!/bin/bash | |
| # Dependencies: tesseract imagemagick spactacle xsel | |
| TMP_FILE=`mktemp` | |
| trap "rm $TMP_FILE*" EXIT | |
| # start capture | |
| spectacle -rbno $TMP_FILE | |
| # should increase detection rate | |
| mogrify -modulate 100,0 -resize 400% $TMP_FILE | |
| # show image after mogrify | |
| #magick display $TMP_FILE.png | |
| # ocr | |
| tesseract $TMP_FILE $TMP_FILE -l eng+ron txt | |
| # copy to clipboard | |
| cat $TMP_FILE.txt | xsel -bi | |
| exit |