=== deepSleep is now known as Guest8004 === deepSleep is now known as Guest3354 === deepSleep is now known as Guest9935 [03:36] good morning === deepSleep is now known as Guest8598 === Kuraokami is now known as WrathOfAchilles [16:02] hello, would someone recommend a good OCR toolkit for linux? [16:07] tesseract [16:46] bparker: thank you, someone on another medium just recommended the same [16:49] while i'm at it, what's a good lightweight PDF editor that can re-arrange pages, insert layers of text and images on top? [16:53] if you search the package manager/software store there are some tools that you might be able to use for some or all of that [16:53] invluding soem that are commandline tools (if you want it really lightweight :) ) [16:55] ruser: we have #ubuntu for ubuntu support questions [16:56] (or try #linux if you use something else) [17:02] maybe libreoffice can do that , editting pdf [17:04] up to some degree it can import/edit some PDF files, but it's everything but lightweight [17:04] it is already in your ubuntu [17:31] tomreyn: I thought this was more suitable venue for discussing software choices rather than #ubuntu support channel. [17:33] JanC: I was hoping to short circuit trying to wade through seo spam and different packages. If you have solid recommendations I'll take them. [17:34] I guess I should have mentioned I'm on ubuntu [17:34] ruser: hmm, maybe so. i guess #ubuntu is fine whenever it's not just a pure poll a la "which web browser should i use?" [17:36] "SEO spam"? [17:36] JanC: I was implying searching web there. [17:38] there are some tools for editing PDFs (both GUI & commandline) in the APT repositories, but I don't know if they can do everything you want [17:38] i used gimp and libreoffice draw for these tasks before [17:39] there are some tools that can actually edit PDF files [17:39] not convert them to something else before allowing editing [17:39] tomreyn: as a pipeline makes sense [17:41] firefox should work, too, for editing, not sure about rearranging [17:41] Thank you. [17:42] tomreyn: oh, TIL. I guess I have ignored the built in reader. [17:43] it's actually a browser extension called PDF.js, but that's hidden well enough [17:49] ty [17:57] ruser: i'm not in QT land, but if you are, okular is probably a good option, too [17:57] gnomes' evince can't do nearly as much [19:27] ruser: opinions on the definition of lightweight varies wildly, and I don't know of any tool that lets you easily add *text*, but this tool is the one I know of that does make a good bit of things quite easy https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF [19:28] tomreyn: are you saying firefox can edit PDFs in the way that OP is wanting (adding text and images among other things)? [19:29] because I have never seen that and I doubt it exists [19:33] yes [19:33] actually i don't know about adding images [19:33] but you can edit text + draw [19:34] https://i.imgur.com/2DOO72G.png [19:35] https://i.imgur.com/bE6YJMV.png [19:36] original file http://people.ubuntu.com/~superm1/dell_osi_lpc2016.pdf [19:37] eh.. I struggle to call that adding text [19:37] it's a separate layer on top in a different font [19:37] yea technically it might still be 'adding text' but that wasn't what I was hoping for [19:38] "insert layers of text and images on top" was what rus3r had asked for [19:38] but you're right that it does have some editing features, and I didn't realize that before. interesting