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/usr/bin/tesseract

Tesseract Open Source OCR Engine

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Usage:
  /usr/bin/tesseract --help | --help-extra | --version
  /usr/bin/tesseract --list-langs
  /usr/bin/tesseract imagename outputbase [options...] [configfile...]

OCR options:
  -l LANG[+LANG]        Specify language(s) used for OCR.
NOTE: These options must occur before any configfile.

Single options:
  --help                Show this help message.
  --help-extra          Show extra help for advanced users.
  --version             Show version information.
  --list-langs          List available languages for tesseract engine.
Options (5)
OptionDescriptionSource
-l LANG[+LANGSpecify language(s) used for OCR.help
--helpShow this help message.help
--help-extraShow extra help for advanced users.help
--versionShow version information.help
--list-langsList available languages for tesseract engine.help

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