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.