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A script to automatically OCR Files in a given Folder (macOS Folder Actions).
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving these_items
repeat with i from 1 to number of items in these_items
set this_item to item i of these_items
set the item_info to info for this_item
set the item_size to size of (info for this_item)
set delay_time to ((item_size / 1024 / 30) as integer)
set file_type to name extension of (info for this_item)
if file_type is equal to "pdf" then
tell application "Finder"
set file_name to displayed name of this_item
end tell
if file_name contains "-OCR" then
tell application "Together 3"
activate
import files this_item
end tell
else
tell application "OCRKit"
activate
open this_item
end tell
end if
end if
end repeat
end adding folder items to
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