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13 Dec 19:29
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To run the .exe file:

Download the main.exe from the GitHub Releases page
Important Pre-Requisites:

Install Tesseract OCR:

Download from: https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/tesseract/wiki
Install to C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR\

Create a .env file in the SAME DIRECTORY as the executable with:

TESSERACT_PATH=C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR\tesseract.exe
GOOGLE_API_KEY=your_google_api_key_here
SAVE_TEXT=True
OLD_TEXT_LIMIT=5

Double-click the main.exe to run

Troubleshooting:

Ensure Tesseract OCR is installed correctly
Verify the Google API key
Check that the .env file is in the same folder as the executable
You might need Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable installed