gImageReader Sandro Mani
winget install --id=SandroMani.gImageReader -e A Gtk/Qt front-end to tesseract-ocr.
gImageReader is a Gtk/Qt front-end for Tesseract OCR designed to simplify optical character recognition (OCR) tasks on Linux systems. It provides a user-friendly interface for importing documents and images, processing them for text extraction, and exporting the results in various formats.
Key Features:
- Import PDFs, images, and scanned documents from disk, scanning devices, clipboard, or screenshots.
- Process multiple files simultaneously for efficient OCR workflows.
- Define recognition areas manually or automatically to improve accuracy.
- Export recognized text as plain text, hOCR documents, or PDFs with embedded text layers.
- Support for international languages through integrated Weblate translations.
Audience & Benefit: Ideal for Linux users requiring optical character recognition, gImageReader offers a straightforward and reliable solution for extracting text from scanned documents, images, or PDFs. Its ability to handle multiple formats and provide post-processing options makes it suitable for both personal and professional OCR needs.
gImageReader can be installed via winget on Windows and is available through various Linux package managers.
README
gImageReader
gImageReader is a simple Gtk/Qt front-end to tesseract-ocr.
Features
- Import PDF documents and images from disk, scanning devices, clipboard and screenshots
- Process multiple images and documents in one go
- Manual or automatic recognition area definition
- Recognize to plain text or to hOCR documents
- Recognized text displayed directly next to the image
- Post-process the recognized text, including spellchecking
- Generate PDF documents from hOCR documents
- International language support: Weblate, Desktop entry
Installation
Source: Download from the releases page
Windows: Download from the releases page
Fedora: Available from the official repositories
Debian: Available from the official repositories
Ubuntu: Available from ppa:sandromani/gimagereader
OpenSUSE: Available from OpenSUSE Build Service
ArchLinux: Available from the extra repositories: gimagereader-gtk and gimagereader-qt-
Compilation
The steps for compiling gImageReader from source are documented in the wiki.
Support
If you encounter issues, please file a ticket in the issue tracker, or feel free to mail me directly at manisandro(at)gmail(dot)com. Be sure to also consult the FAQ.
Contributing
Contributions are always welcome, ideally in the form of pull-requests.
Translating
International language support contributions at Weblate and Desktop entry.
