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It's particularly handy when you need to copy text from presentations, videos, or during virtual calls.\n\n## Features\n- Interactive screenshot capture.\n- Offline text extraction using OCR.\n- Combine and copy extracted text to the clipboard.\n\n## Download and Use\n\nTo download and use this shortcut:\n\n1. Download the latest release of [```ocr.shortcut```](https://github.com/IshaanAdarsh/Optical-Character-Recognition/releases/tag/macOS) for the OCR Screenshot Shortcut.\n2. Double-click the downloaded `.shortcut` file to open it in the Shortcuts app.\n3. Review the shortcut's actions and customize if needed.\n4. Save the shortcut with a name (e.g., \"OCR Screenshot\").\n## How to Create Locally\n\nTo create and use this shortcut on your Mac locally:\n1. Open the Shortcuts app on your Mac.\n2. Create a new shortcut.\n3. Add the following actions in sequence:\n\n   a. \"Take Screenshot\" action: Capture a portion of the screen interactively. Set the capture area and an optional delay if needed.\n   \n   b. \"Extract Text from Screenshot\" action: Extract text from the captured screenshot. This action functions offline as well.\n   \n   c. \"Choose from List\" action (optional): Allows you to choose a subset of recognized text to copy. Feel free to delete this step for a fully automated process.\n   \n   d. \"Combine into Single String\" action: Combine extracted text into a single string for efficient copying.\n   \n   e. \"Copy to Clipboard\" action: Copy the selected text to the clipboard.\n\n4. Customize each action as desired.\n5. Save the shortcut with a name (e.g., \"OCR Screenshot\").\n\n## Customization\nYou can tailor the actions to match your preferences:\n\n- Adjust the capture settings in \"Take Screenshot\" to choose the area you want to capture.\n- Modify text extraction options in \"Extract Text from Screenshot.\"\n- Use the optional \"Choose from List\" step to manually select a subset of recognized text for copying.\n\nPlease note that the provided actions are designed to be executed in sequence, with each activity using input from the previous step.\n\n\u003ch2 align=\"center\"\u003e Project Maintainers \u0026 Admins\u003c/h2\u003e \n\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e \n    \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/IshaanAdarsh\"\u003e\n    \u003cimg src=\"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/100434702?v=4\" width=100px height=100px /\u003e\n    \u003c/a\u003e\n    \u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e Ishaan Adarsh \u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e \n    \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/nown1ne\"\u003e\n    \u003cimg src=\"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/25835195?v=4\" width=100px height=100px /\u003e\n    \u003c/a\u003e\n    \u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e Abhinav Srinivas \u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n## License\n- This shortcut is available under the [MIT License](LICENSE).\n\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fishaanadarsh%2Foptical-character-recognition","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fishaanadarsh%2Foptical-character-recognition","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fishaanadarsh%2Foptical-character-recognition/lists"}