vapoursynth-ocr ☆

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Description:
VapourSynth filters - Tesseract OCR filter

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Multimedia

Tags: vapoursynth ocr tesseract video-processing subtitles

Install: brew install vapoursynth-ocr

About:
VapoursynthOcr is a plugin for VapourSynth that integrates the Tesseract OCR engine to perform optical character recognition directly on video frames. It enables the extraction of text from video sources for subtitles generation or analysis. This tool is essential for video processing workflows requiring automated text recognition capabilities.

Key Features:

Real-time OCR processing within VapourSynth
Integration with Tesseract engine
Subtitle generation from video text
Configurable OCR parameters

Use Cases:

Extracting hardcoded subtitles from video files
Analyzing text content in video archives
Creating searchable video indexes
Automated subtitle generation for silent videos

Alternatives:

ffmpeg with subtitles filter – FFmpeg offers basic OCR but lacks the flexibility and integration of Vapoursynth's frame-based processing
Subtitle Edit – GUI-based tool that requires manual intervention vs automated Vapoursynth pipeline

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 16, 2025 1:50am		0	VERSION_BUMP	2b34fc09
Sep 29, 2024 11:44pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	d0554892