Re: supplementary-reader: text reader script
Devin Prater <[email protected]> Fri, 28 Jan 2022 08:21:14 -0600
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--Apple-Mail=_490C0A4B-0352-4A0F-8A77-137158A02C11 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 See OCRDesktop https://github.com/chrys87/ocrdesktop = <https://github.com/chrys87/ocrdesktop> for something kinda similar. = Orca is a screen reader, it cannot read images though. I don=E2=80=99t = know of anything else anywhere remotely similar to this, but I think = even blind people could find this useful. Devin Prater [email protected] Https://devinprater.flounder.online > On Jan 23, 2022, at 12:56 PM, forrest hilton = <[email protected]> wrote: >=20 > Hello, >=20 > I have recently written a small script = <https://github.com/ForrestHilton/supplementary-reader/> that provides = text reader functionality. I will refrain from pasting the entire = README, but what makes this different from things discussed in this list = is 1) the keyboard shortcuts are available across the desktop 2) the = program never provides a window or takes up any screen space 3) the = program can work on images and pdfs 4) this is a text reader as opposed = to a screen reader. >=20 > I've just today joined this mailing list and only skimmed the = archives. Is there an application that already provides this = functionality? Is there a larger project that I can add this = functionality to? I might be willing to rewrite the whole thing in = another programming language if there is a reason. >=20 > I am aware of a few sloppy things in this script but it works for now. --Apple-Mail=_490C0A4B-0352-4A0F-8A77-137158A02C11 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">See = OCRDesktop <a href=3D"https://github.com/chrys87/ocrdesktop" = class=3D"">https://github.com/chrys87/ocrdesktop</a> for something = kinda similar. Orca is a screen reader, it cannot read images though. I = don=E2=80=99t know of anything else anywhere remotely similar to this, = but I think even blind people could find this useful.<br class=3D""><div = class=3D""> <div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, = 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D""><div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: = 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D""><div>Devin Prater</div><div><a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = class=3D"">[email protected]</a></div><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div></div></div><a = href=3D"Https://devinprater.flounder.online" = class=3D"">Https://devinprater.flounder.online</a> </div> <div><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div = class=3D"">On Jan 23, 2022, at 12:56 PM, forrest hilton <<a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = class=3D"">[email protected]</a>> wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" = class=3D"">Hello,<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">I = have recently written a <a = href=3D"https://github.com/ForrestHilton/supplementary-reader/" = class=3D"">small script</a> that provides text reader = functionality. I will refrain from pasting the entire README, but = what makes this different from things discussed in this list is 1) the = keyboard shortcuts are available across the desktop 2) the program never = provides a window or takes up any screen space 3) the program can work = on images and pdfs 4) this is a text reader as opposed to a screen = reader. </div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">I've = just today joined this mailing list and only skimmed the archives. = Is there an application that already provides this functionality? Is = there a larger project that I can add this functionality to? I might be = willing to rewrite the whole thing in another programming language if = there is a reason.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"">I am aware of a few sloppy things in this script but it works = for now.</div></div> </div></blockquote></div><br class=3D""></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_490C0A4B-0352-4A0F-8A77-137158A02C11--