Cloe

Snipping utility for the MangaOCR model

Contents

• About
• User Guide
• Acknowledgments
  
  

About

Inspired by Capture2Text, Cloe is a snipping tool for the Manga OCR library. The project works similarly to Capture2Text but uses the MangaOCR model instead. See demo below to see how it works.

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/45705751/166183555-ef11bf64-9cea-4c04-8a71-2293065d644c.mp4

User Guide

Launch the application and wait for the model to load. Show the snipping window using shortcut Alt+Q and drag and hold the mouse cursor to start performing OCR.

Installation

Download the latest zip file here. Decompress the file in the desired directory. Make sure that the app folder is in the same folder as the shortcut Cloe.

System Requirements

Recommended:

• Hard drive: at least 700 MB HD space
• RAM: at least 2 GB (recommended)

Development Setup

• Install poetry on a supported Python version (3.8, 3.9).
• Clone this repo and install dependencies by running: poetry install --with dev.
• In the app directory, use python main.py to run the app.
• If you want to build the app locally, run pyinstaller main.spec in the build directory.

Acknowledgements

This project will not be possible without the MangaOCR model by Maciej Budyś.

The software is licensed under GPLv3 (see LICENSE) and uses third party libraries that are distributed under their own terms (see LICENSE-3RD-PARTY).

The icons used in this project are from Icons8.