normcap vs pdf-scraper-with-ocr

normcap

OCR powered screen-capture tool to capture information instead of images (by dynobo)

dynobo.github.io

pdf-scraper-with-ocr

This is a GUI for scrapping PDFs with the help of optical character recognition making easier than ever to scrape PDFs. (by JacoboGuijar)

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normcap		pdf-scraper-with-ocr
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18	Mentions	1
1,702	Stars	79
-	Growth	-
9.3	Activity	3.2
9 days ago	Latest Commit	over 2 years ago
Python	Language	Python
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	MIT License

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normcap

Posts with mentions or reviews of normcap. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-14.

TextSnatcher: Copy text from images, for the Linux Desktop
7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 14 Mar 2024

The workflow feels a bit more polished (Though also not perfect) and the repo is still active.
[1] https://github.com/dynobo/normcap
FLaNK Stack Weekly for 30 April 2023
15 projects | dev.to | 30 Apr 2023
NormCap: OCR powered screen-capture tool
1 project | /r/hypeurls | 27 Apr 2023

3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Apr 2023

https://github.com/dynobo/normcap#similar-open-source-tools
How do you manage your notes/summaries from the things you learn?
2 projects | /r/ADHD_Programmers | 21 Feb 2023

Some sort of OCR — NormCap bound to a hotkey for general OCR and obisidian-ocr-plugin for Obsidian. Vital for tracking down screenshots of stuff.
Gute Text zu Bild KI?
2 projects | /r/de_EDV | 1 Jan 2023
Recommendations on OCR software?
4 projects | /r/archlinux | 30 Nov 2022

Just for completeness: There's normcap, an OCR tool to copy text from the screen. It works right out of the box from what I tested, both from Flatpak and the AUR.
Frog: OCR Tool for Linux
7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Nov 2022
Is there "Text Extractor" tool (from Windows Powertoys) equivalent in linux?
2 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 14 Nov 2022

but i just found this https://github.com/dynobo/normcap from their readme, using tesseract as its backend, looks like nice replacement for text extractor.
PowerToys Release v0.62
2 projects | /r/Windows11 | 7 Sep 2022

pdf-scraper-with-ocr

Posts with mentions or reviews of pdf-scraper-with-ocr. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-10-28.

I built a PDF scrapper that works with OCR and a GUI making PDF scraping quite easy
2 projects | /r/Python | 28 Oct 2021

You can see the program on GitHub with a more detailed explanation: https://github.com/JacoboGuijar/pdf-scrapper-with-ocr

What are some alternatives?

When comparing normcap and pdf-scraper-with-ocr you can also consider the following projects:

pytesseract - A Python wrapper for Google Tesseract

textshot - Python tool for grabbing text via screenshot

pyocr

Signalum - To explore creating an application that detects available connections at once from wifi and bluetooth

TextSnatcher - How to Copy Text from Images ? Answer is TextSnatcher !. Perform OCR operations in seconds on Linux Desktop.

D3DShot - Extremely fast and robust screen capture on Windows with the Desktop Duplication API

whatsapp-web-incognito - A Chrome extension that disables read receipts and presence updates on WhatsApp Web

google_drive_ocr - Perform OCR using Google's Drive API v3

tesseract-ocr - Tesseract Open Source OCR Engine (main repository)

Authenticator - Authenticator generates 2-Step Verification codes in your browser.

PaddleOCR - Awesome multilingual OCR toolkits based on PaddlePaddle (practical ultra lightweight OCR system, support 80+ languages recognition, provide data annotation and synthesis tools, support training and deployment among server, mobile, embedded and IoT devices)