Tamil_digibooks project is used to convert the images of a tamil book into a text file and/or searchable pdf using tessaract.
#Setup
Install docker in Windows/Linux.
After installation of Docker, pull the tamil_img2pdf docker from docker hub by executing the following command in terminal (Linux) or Command Prompt (Window)
docker pull docker.io/sksenthil1/tamil_img2pdf:latest
Input folder should have the jpeg image of the tamil book pages.
Input_folder
|
| -- Tamilbook_1
|--page_1.jpg
|--page_2.jpg
| .
| .
|--page_n.jpg
| -- Tamilbook_2
| .
| .
| -- Tamilbook_n
NOTE
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The input folder should have at least one book folder
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The name of the book and pages should be written in english
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The books can also be in the format of zipped folders
Input_folder | | -- Tamilbook_1.zip | -- Tamilbook_2.zip | . | . | -- Tamilbook_n.zip
#Running the script If the input file have multiple tamil_book folders
docker run -it --rm -v <path/to/input/image/folder>:/input_folder -v <path/to/output/empty/folder>:/output_folder --entrypoint "python" docker.io/sksenthil1/tamil_img2pdf:latest create_pdf_from_multiple_folders.py
If the input file have multiple zipped tamil_book folders, add --zipped to the above command at the end
docker run -it --rm -v <path/to/input/image/folder>:/input_folder -v <path/to/output/empty/folder>:/output_folder --entrypoint "python" docker.io/sksenthil1/tamil_img2pdf:latest create_pdf_from_multiple_folders.py --zipped
Running the above two commands will generate output folder of structure
Output_folder
|
| -- Tamilbook_1
| |- pdfs
| | |--page_1.pdf
| | |--page_2.pdf
| | | .
| | | .
| | |--page_n.pdf
| |- txts
| | |--page_1.txt
| | |--page_2.txt
| | | .
| | | .
| | |--page_n.txt
| |-Tamilbook.pdf
| -- Tamilbook_2
| .
| .
| -- Tamilbook_n
If only one book needs to be converted then,
docker run -it --rm -v <path/to/input/image/folder>:/input_folder -v <path/to/output/empty/folder>:/output_folder --entrypoint "python" docker.io/sksenthil1/tamil_img2pdf:latest create_pdf_from_folder.py
Running the above command will generate
Output_folder
|- pdfs
| |--page_1.pdf
| |--page_2.pdf
| | .
| | .
| |--page_n.pdf
|- txts
| |--page_1.txt
| |--page_2.txt
| | .
| | .
| |--page_n.txt
|-Output_folder.pdf
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