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Add GUI interface\n5. Include language detection\n\n## 👨‍💻 Author\n\n**Vira**\n- 🌐 GitHub: [@ybigsur5](https://github.com/ybigsur5)\n- 📧 Email: avira.cehoscp@gmail.com\n\n## 🤝 Contributing\n\n1. Fork the repository\n2. Create feature branch\n3. Commit changes\n4. Push to branch\n5. Open pull request\n\n## 📜 License\n\nThis project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.\n\n## 🙏 Acknowledgments\n\n- 📚 Tesseract-OCR community\n- 👥 DigiFoe Community, who helped me to test it in the group session\n\n## ⚠️ Disclaimer\n\nThis tool is provided as-is. Ensure proper testing and validation for your specific use case.\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fybigsur5%2Ftextify-an-ocr-file-extractor","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fybigsur5%2Ftextify-an-ocr-file-extractor","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fybigsur5%2Ftextify-an-ocr-file-extractor/lists"}