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Checkout this repository\n2. `make ocr-screenshots`\n\n## Details\n\nWhen you run `make ocr-screenshots`, `make` will:\n\n1. Create `~/bin`, `~/Dropbox/Screenshots/OCR`, `~/Dropbox/Screenshots/Processing` and `~/Dropbox/Screenshots/Raw` if they don't exist\n2. Install tesseract with `brew`\n3. Copy `screenshots-sync` to `~/bin`\n4. Create a `sync.ocr.plist` file that's aware of your specific directory paths\n5. 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