Add suppport for QR codes to screenshot OCR tool

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/local/bin/screenshot_ocr.sh b/local/bin/screenshot_ocr.sh
index de84d93..d88accf 100755
--- a/local/bin/screenshot_ocr.sh
+++ b/local/bin/screenshot_ocr.sh
@@ -4,20 +4,26 @@
 
 savepath="/tmp/screenshot_ocr.sh.d"
 filename="$HOSTNAME-$(date -Iseconds | tr -d ':-').png"
-tesseract_options="-l eng"
+# German: deu,  Spanish: spa,  Japanese vertical: jpn_vert
+tesseract_options="-l eng+jpn"
 
 _init() {
     if [ ! -d "$savepath" ]; then
         mkdir -p "$savepath"
     fi
-    cd /tmp/screenshot_ocr.sh.d
+    cd "$savepath"
 }
 
 _init
-# screenshot region of screen
+# Screenshot region of screen
 shotgun -g $(hacksaw) "$filename"
-# exit if previous command was unsuccessful
+# Exit if previous command was unsuccessful
 test $? -ne 0 && exit
-# perform OCR and save to clipboard
+# Try to scan codes from the image
+zbarimg $filename | xclip -selection "clipboard"
+# Perform OCR and save to clipboard
 tesseract $tesseract_options $filename - | xclip -selection "clipboard"
 rm $filename
+
+# TODO: clean japanese output.  If text is 80% japanese characters, then it
+# should not contain spaces around the characters.