ScreenText Library

Welcome to the ScreenText Library! This project provides a powerful and flexible pipeline for extracting text from images and copying it to the clipboard. It leverages Tesseract OCR for text extraction and offers a modular, customizable, and efficient workflow.

Features

• Text Extraction: Extract text from images using Tesseract OCR.
• Clipboard Integration: Copy extracted text directly to the clipboard.
• Configurable: Use a config.json file to set up paths and behaviors.
• Daemon Mode: Watch a directory for new images and process them automatically.
• Run on Startup: Optionally configure the script to run on system startup.
• Verbosity Levels: Control the output verbosity for detailed logging or silent operation.
• Modular Design: Use each component independently or as part of the pipeline.

Installation

1. Clone the Repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/screentext-lib.git
   cd screentext-lib

2. Install Dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Install Tesseract OCR:

   • Ubuntu:

     sudo apt-get install tesseract-ocr

   • MacOS:

     brew install tesseract

   • Windows: Download and install from Tesseract at UB Mannheim.

Configuration

Create a config.json file in the project directory to customize the behavior: