(OCR) Window Scan

(OCR) Window scan

NOTE: Requires Tesseract OCR engine installed

NOTE: Requires a parent Window to be selected

This action scans the selected window for text so that “(OCR) Text locate” action can be applied in subsequent steps. The scanned text is automatically saved in vriable [ocr].

OCR is used when working with images, scanned documents and Citrix-based applications. For example, SAP and Citrix applications do not always function as standard object-based applications and are actually images that appear as applications.

Automation sheet parameters:

• Zoom % – (0/10/30/50) allows magnification of the scanned window to enhance OCR capability
• Position – identifies coordinates (top-left and bottom-right) of the scan area. Limiting the scan area vs scanning the whole window (0,0,0,0) will reduce scan time and ignore unwanted text
• Options – Tesseract OCR commands used to optimize OCR scan and to select the scan language. List of commands can be found at this link: Complete list of Tesseract options

Action parameters window:
NOTE: Action parameters button does not trigger a window to appear

• Automates the selection of the scan area coordinates. To start, hold the CTRL key and click the top-left and subsequently the bottom-right of the scan area
• Selection process instructions are displayed in the notification popup. Wait for a sound notification after each key press and mouse click before proceeding to the next step. The item selection mode will time out after 10 seconds if no action is taken