manisandro/gImageReader
A Gtk/Qt front-end to tesseract-ocr.
What it solves
gImageReader provides a user-friendly graphical interface for Tesseract OCR, making it easy to extract text from images and PDF documents without needing to use command-line tools.
How it works
The application acts as a front-end for the Tesseract OCR engine. You can import files from your disk, scanners, screenshots, or the clipboard. It allows you to define specific areas of an image for text recognition, displays the recognized text side-by-side with the original image for easy verification, and includes tools for post-processing and spellchecking.
Who it’s for
It is for users who need a desktop application to perform optical character recognition (OCR) on documents and images, supporting both Gtk and Qt environments across various Linux distributions and Windows.
Highlights
- Batch processing for multiple images and documents at once
- Flexible input options including scanners, PDFs, and screenshots
- Manual or automatic selection of text recognition areas
- Ability to export results as plain text or hOCR documents
- Integrated spellchecking and text post-processing tools
- Capability to generate PDF documents from hOCR files
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