Performs optical character recognition on local image files to extract text content.
Install
mkdir -p .claude/skills/ocr-scalyclaw && curl -L -o skill.zip "https://agentskills.codes/api/skills/download/19449" && unzip -o skill.zip -d .claude/skills/ocr-scalyclaw && rm skill.zipInstalls to .claude/skills/ocr-scalyclaw
Activation
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Extract text from images using Tesseract OCRKey capabilities
- →Extract text from images
- →Support multiple image formats including PNG and JPG
- →Configure Tesseract language codes
- →Adjust page segmentation modes
- →Provide confidence scores for extracted text
How it works
The skill utilizes Tesseract OCR to process image files based on provided language and segmentation settings. It returns the recognized text along with metadata regarding accuracy and content volume.
Inputs & outputs
When to use OCR
- →Extract text from screenshots
- →Read data from receipt images
- →Digitize text documents
- →Process images in automation pipelines
About OCR
Utilizes Tesseract to convert images like receipts, screenshots, and documents into machine-readable text. It returns the extracted text along with confidence scores for accuracy monitoring.
Extract text from images using Tesseract OCR
Prerequisites
How it compares
It provides structured output including confidence scores and line counts, which is more useful for automated pipelines than raw text extraction.
Compared to similar skills
OCR side by side with the closest alternatives in the catalog.
| Skill | Installs | Updated | Safety | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCR (this skill) | 0 | 7mo | Review | Beginner |
| data-engineering | 13 | 10mo | Review | Advanced |
| crawl4ai | 21 | 11mo | Review | Intermediate |
| data-cleaning-pipeline | 13 | 7mo | Review | Intermediate |
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