OCR with PDFScanner

[alephtaph@gmail.com]

Hi everyone

I try to create a rule to ocr a pdf and then move it to somewhere else.

I looked at the help from PDFScanner and I found this:
https://www.pdfscannerapp.com/applescript/

I'm a absolute beginner in scripting so I adapted it to this:

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tell application "PDFScanner"
   ocr pdf to pdf in language ger
end tell

When I run it, I got a error:
2018-11-01 22:32:23.266 hazelworker[6664] Scan 2018-11-01 13.24.47.pdf: Rule ScannerOCR matched.
2018-11-01 22:32:23.269 hazelworker[6664] [Error] AppleScript failed: Error executing AppleScript on file /Users/marco/xxxxxxxx/OCR_input/Scan 2018-11-01 13.24.47.pdf.
2018-11-01 22:32:23.269 hazelworker[6664] OSAScript error: {
NSLocalizedDescription = "The variable pdf is not defined.";
NSLocalizedFailureReason = "The variable pdf is not defined.";
OSAScriptErrorAppAddressKey = "<NSAppleEventDescriptor: null()>";
OSAScriptErrorBriefMessageKey = "The variable pdf is not defined.";
OSAScriptErrorMessageKey = "The variable pdf is not defined.";
OSAScriptErrorNumberKey = "-2753";
OSAScriptErrorOffendingObjectKey = "<NSAppleEventDescriptor: 'utxt'(\"pdf\")>";
OSAScriptErrorRangeKey = "NSRange: {0, 0}";

Thanks for any help or tricks or even a solution

Marco

[Mr_Noodle]

The problem is the first "ocr" in the original script refers to a variable used in a loop. You don't have the loop in your script. I think you want to use "theFile" instead there as that is the file you want to OCR.

[alephtaph@gmail.com]

Thank you for your reply.

When I use the script like this:

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tell application "PDFScanner"
   theFile pdf to pdf in language ger
end tell

I get a compiling error.

When I use it like this:

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tell application "PDFScanner"
   ocr theFile to pdf in language ger
end tell

I get this error:
2018-11-03 12:13:25.786 hazelworker[8590] Scan 2018-11-01 13.24.47.pdf: Rule ScannerOCR matched.
2018-11-03 12:13:25.789 hazelworker[8590] [Error] AppleScript failed: Error executing AppleScript on file /Users/marco/Dropbox/OCR_input/Scan 2018-11-01 13.24.47.pdf.
2018-11-03 12:13:25.789 hazelworker[8590] OSAScript error: {
NSLocalizedDescription = "The variable pdf is not defined.";
NSLocalizedFailureReason = "The variable pdf is not defined.";
OSAScriptErrorAppAddressKey = "<NSAppleEventDescriptor: null()>";
OSAScriptErrorBriefMessageKey = "The variable pdf is not defined.";
OSAScriptErrorMessageKey = "The variable pdf is not defined.";
OSAScriptErrorNumberKey = "-2753";
OSAScriptErrorOffendingObjectKey = "<NSAppleEventDescriptor: 'utxt'(\"pdf\")>";
OSAScriptErrorRangeKey = "NSRange: {0, 0}";
}

[Mr_Noodle]

Sorry, I meant "pdf", not "ocr". The second example is what I think would be correct but in the end, you need to consult with the authors of PDFScanner. They define the AppleScript commands/syntax in this case.