Live Text Command Line Tool for MacOS
LiTeX
LiTeX allows use Live Text as the command line tool and output results to a text file.
LiTeX requires macOS 13 to use Live Text (using ImageAnalyzer of VisionKit). On macOS 12, LiTeX uses VNRecognizeTextRequest of Vision.
Usage
USAGE: litex <image-filepath> [--use-vision]
ARGUMENTS:
<image-filepath> An image filepath.
OPTIONS:
--use-vision Use VNRecognizeTextRequest of Vision. This option is only
available on macOS 13.
--version Show the version.
-h, --help Show help information.
Installation
- Download the latest version binary file
- Open terminal app and move to the directory contating the “litex” file
- Add the executable permission to the file:
chmod +x litex
- Move the file to the /usr/local/bin directory:
mv litex /usr/local/bin
Requirements
- macOS 12.0+
- Xcode 14.1+
Swift Package Dependencies
- Swift Argument Parser 1.1.0+