Simple-Text-Extractor

Simple Text Extractor is a fast, high-performance, and 100% offline desktop OCR application designed to make text extraction secure and effortless.

The application comes bundled with its own Tesseract OCR engine, specifically optimized to provide a turnkey experience on Linux without any complex dependencies.

What's New in v1.1:

• Linux Milestone: Official support for Ubuntu and Snap-compatible distributions.
• Stateless Architecture: New core engine ensuring maximum stability even during heavy batch processing.
• Expanded Language Pack: Pre-packaged with 10 languages (English, French, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic, and Japanese).

Key Features:

• 100% Offline: Your documents never leave your computer. Privacy is guaranteed.
• Batch Processing: Process multiple PDFs or images in one click.
• Modern UI: High-DPI support with a fluid interface (Drag & Drop enabled).
• Metadata Analysis: Instant view of DPI, page count, and PDF/A status before processing.
• Archiving Ready: Option to generate long-term preservation files (PDF/A-1b).

How to Use:

1. Add Files: Drag and drop your PDFs or images (PNG, JPG, TIFF, BMP) into the window.
2. Configure: Select your destination folder or enable PDF/A archiving if needed.
3. Start OCR: Click "Start OCR" and follow the progress via the real-time loading bar.
4. Access: Click the direct links to open your processed files (automatically suffixed with _ocr).

💡 Tip: Using Wayland? If Drag & Drop doesn't work, please use the "Add Files" button or switch to an X11 session.

⚠️ IMPORTANT: Accessing External Drives (USB / Secondary Drives)

By default, the strict security confinement prevents the app from reading your USB sticks or external hard drives. If your files are stored on removable media, you must grant access by running this command once in your terminal:

sudo snap connect simple-text-extractor:removable-media