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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Select a region of the screen and perform OCR to it.  Save text in clipboard.
+
+savepath="/tmp/screenshot_ocr.sh.d"
+filename="$HOSTNAME-$(date -Iseconds | tr -d ':-').png"
+# German: deu,  Spanish: spa,  Japanese vertical: jpn_vert
+tesseract_options="-l eng+jpn"
+
+_init() {
+    if [ ! -d "$savepath" ]; then
+        mkdir -p "$savepath"
+    fi
+    cd "$savepath"
+}
+
+_init
+# Screenshot region of screen
+shotgun -g $(hacksaw) "$filename"
+# Exit if previous command was unsuccessful
+test $? -ne 0 && exit
+# 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.