mc-pdf2txt
Convert multi-column pdf to text with poppler and tesseract.
Install
(1) Install dependencies:
Install poppler.
sudo apt install poppler-utilsInstall tesseract-ocr
sudo apt install tesseract-ocrwith the language data files of your choice, e.g.,
sudo apt install tesseract-ocr-jpn(2) Install mc-pdf2txt
pip3 install mc-pdf2txtUsage
Usage:
mc-pdf2txt [options] <input>...
Options:
-l LANG Language, such as `eng`, `jpn`, or `eng+jpn`.
<input> Input PDF file.
-o OUTPUT Output text file.
-r DPI Resolution of temporary image file [default: 600].
--timeout SEC Timeout in sec to exec `pdftoppm` [default: 60].
--page-separator LINE String to be output as page separator [default: ---].
--psm VALUE Page segmentation mode of `tessoract-ocr` [default: 3].
--verbose Verbose.
