Build a simple Mac menu bar utility, 'OCR Party,' that allows users to select a specific region of a document image and use AI for highly accurate text extraction, even from damaged or handwritten sources.
with Claire Vo
Plan a simple interface for a Mac menu bar app. The main window should allow a user to open an image file from their computer.
Add a cropping or selection tool to the app. Users should be able to click and drag to draw a box around the exact portion of the document they want to analyze.
Connect the app to an AI model capable of performing Optical Character Recognition. When the user confirms their selection, the cropped portion of the image is sent to the API for analysis.
Once the API returns the transcribed text, display it clearly in the app's window. Include a 'copy to clipboard' button for easy use in other applications or databases.
As an enhancement, save the pixel coordinates of the selection box. This allows researchers to easily reference the exact source location on the original document later on.
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