readme.md

SCREENSHOT TO CLIPBOARD FOR LINUX

( - tested on ubuntu 20.04)

for tracking the application future please see:TODO

USAGE:

• run getSS.py file from terminal using python3

 $ python3 getSS.py         # to get text to clipboard
 $ python3 getSS.py --save  # only save image

• draw rectangle to target area
• and done..

INSTALLATION

for ubuntu >= 18.04 & Mac

required packages

• scrot-1.6 (apt includes older version do NOT use it, if your system already have it simply uninstall and install this 🙃)

- using conda (recommended) if you are using conda, don't forget to keep your conda environment active whole installation process

$ conda install -c conda-forge tesseract-ocr \
  conda install -c conda-forge dbus-python \
  sudo apt install libimlib2-dev \
  pip3 install -r requirements.txt

- using apt

$ sudo apt install tesseract-ocr \
  sudo apt install python3-dbus \
  sudo apt install libimlib2-dev \
  pip3 install -r requirements.txt

- using brew

$ brew install tesseract \
  brew install d-bus \
  sudo apt install libimlib2-dev \
  pip3 install -r requirements.txt

AUTO CONFIG

simply run installer.py file 😃 and it's need to be done..

MANUAL CONFIG

create config.py and paste (you can see my own path in config.py file)

tess_path = "<your tesseract installation path>"
save_path = "<pictures folder>"

to get tesseract bin path for linux

$ which tesseract

create your sctc file like this:

<path/to/your/python> <absolute/path/of/this/dir/getSS.py>

and then you can use SCTC globally