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Gnome simple-scan post processing script to run OCR with ocrmypdf
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # ocr-script.sh | |
| # | |
| # Useage: set this file as the post-processing script in the simple-scan preferences. No extra arguments needed. | |
| # | |
| # Requirements: | |
| # - simple-scan | |
| # - ocrmypdf | |
| # | |
| # For reference, at the time of writing the arguments from simple-scan are: | |
| # $1 - the mime type, eg application/pdf | |
| # $2 - unknown boolean | |
| # $3 - the filename | |
| # $4..N - postprocessing script arguments entered in preferences | |
| filename=$3 | |
| /usr/bin/ocrmypdf --deskew --clean --force-ocr "$filename" "$filename" &> /tmp/ocr.log | |
| if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then | |
| notify-send "OCR failed. See /tmp/ocr.log" | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| notify-send "OCR complete" |
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Thanks for the script. It is what I was looking for.
FYI, I found that the second parameter from simple-scan (the 'unknown boolean') seems to be the flag "keep original file' from the config. I guess with that the script can deal with naming the output file to ocrmypdf.