text: #!/usr/bin/env python
  # coding=utf-8
  
  
  # Copyright (C) 2021 Amal Santhosh , amalsanp@gmail.com
  
  # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
  # (at your option) any later version.
  #
  # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  # GNU General Public License for more details.
  #
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  # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
  #
  """
  Description of this extension
  """
  
  import inkex
  import pytesseract
  from PIL import Image
  import cairosvg
  import os
  
  
  
  class OcrOutputExtension(inkex.OutputExtension):
  
      def add_arguments(self, pars):
          pars.add_argument("--my_option", type=inkex.Boolean,\
              help="An example option, put your options here")
  
      def effect(self):
          try:
              cairosvg.svg2png(url=self.file_io.name, write_to='read.png')
              im = Image.open('read.png')
              text = pytesseract.image_to_string(im,lang ='eng')
              self.msg(text.rstrip())
              os.remove('read.png')
          except:
              self.msg("Image reading failed!")
              return
      def save(self,stream):
          pass
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
      OcrOutputExtension().run()
  