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diff --git a/Content/posts/2022-11-07-a-new-method-to-blog.md b/Content/posts/2022-11-07-a-new-method-to-blog.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d419a0f --- /dev/null +++ b/Content/posts/2022-11-07-a-new-method-to-blog.md @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +--- +date: 2022-11-07 23:29 +description: Writing posts in markdown using pen and paper +tags: Python, OCR, Microsoft Azure +--- + +# A new method to blog + +[Paper Website](https://paperwebsite.com) is a service that lets you build a website with just pen and paper. I am going to try and replicate the process. + +## The Plan +The continuity feature on macOS + iOS lets you scan PDFs directly from your iPhone. I want to be able to scan these pages and automatically run an Automator script that takes the PDF and OCRs the text. Then I can further clean the text and convert from markdown. + +## Challenges + +I quickly realised that the OCR software I planned on using could not detect my shitty handwriting accurately. I tried using ABBY Finereader, Prizmo and OCRMyPDF. (Abby Finereader and Prizmo support being automated by Automator). + +Now, I could either write neater, or use an external API like Microsoft Azure + +## Solution + +### OCR + +In the PDFs, all the scans are saved as images on a page. I extract the image and then send it to Azure's API. + +### Paragraph Breaks +The recognised text had multiple lines breaking in the middle of the sentence, Therefore, I use what is called a [pilcrow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilcrow) to specify paragraph breaks. But, rather than trying to draw the normal pilcrow, I just use the HTML entity `¶` which is the pilcrow character. + +## Where is the code? +I created a [GitHub Gist](https://gist.github.com/navanchauhan/5fc602b1e023b60a66bc63bd4eecd4f8) for a sample Python script to take the PDF and print the text + +A more complete version with Auomator scripts and an entire publishing pipeline will be available as a GitHub and Gitea repo soon. + +** In Part 2, I will discuss some more features ** diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock index ac8c4bd..64be20b 100644 --- a/poetry.lock +++ b/poetry.lock @@ -14,12 +14,17 @@ i18n = ["Babel (>=2.7)"] [[package]] name = "markdown2" -version = "2.4.3" +version = "2.4.6" description = "A fast and complete Python implementation of Markdown" category = "main" optional = false python-versions = ">=3.5, <4" +[package.extras] +all = ["pygments (>=2.7.3)", "wavedrom"] +code_syntax_highlighting = ["pygments (>=2.7.3)"] +wavedrom = ["wavedrom"] + [[package]] name = "markupsafe" version = "2.1.1" @@ -30,12 +35,15 @@ python-versions = ">=3.7" [[package]] name = "pygments" -version = "2.12.0" +version = "2.13.0" description = "Pygments is a syntax highlighting package written in Python." category = "main" optional = false python-versions = ">=3.6" +[package.extras] +plugins = ["importlib-metadata"] + [metadata] lock-version = "1.1" python-versions = "^3.9" @@ -89,7 +97,4 @@ markupsafe = [ {file = "MarkupSafe-2.1.1-cp39-cp39-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:46d00d6cfecdde84d40e572d63735ef81423ad31184100411e6e3388d405e247"}, {file = "MarkupSafe-2.1.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:7f91197cc9e48f989d12e4e6fbc46495c446636dfc81b9ccf50bb0ec74b91d4b"}, ] -pygments = [ - {file = "Pygments-2.12.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:dc9c10fb40944260f6ed4c688ece0cd2048414940f1cea51b8b226318411c519"}, - {file = "Pygments-2.12.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:5eb116118f9612ff1ee89ac96437bb6b49e8f04d8a13b514ba26f620208e26eb"}, -] +pygments = [] |