This bash script uses ImageMagick, tesseract-ocr and xsel to take a screenshot of an area, extract the text from it and copy the extracted text to the clipboard. It is useful for quickly copying text from images or documents into the clipboard for further processing.
- imagemagick
- tesseract-ocr
- xsel
Run the script and select the area of the screen to capture. The extracted text will be automatically copied to the clipboard.
Install requirements
sudo apt install tesseract-ocr imagemagick xselDownload the last version of script
wget https://github.com/fberbert/extracttext/releases/download/Latest/extracttextChange script permission to executable
chmod +x extracttextMove script to PATH bin folder
sudo mv extracttext /usr/local/binhttps://www.vivaolinux.com.br/artigo/Extracttext-como-extrair-texto-de-uma-area-selecionada-da-tela
This script is licensed under the GPLv3.