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Probably easy enough to throw this together in python and host it on your choice of cheap, lower power hardware (Raspberry pi, etc).

• tjohns 7y ago
  It'd also be very trivial to script with a Mac using Folder Actions and a 5 line AppleScript. (I wish Linux had an equivalent to Folder Actions. They’re really nifty.)
  • RunningDroid 7y ago
    The Linux equivalent of Folder Actions would probably either be inotify¹ or inotify-tools². 1:https://linux.die.net/man/7/inotify https://linux.die.net/man/7/inotify 2:https://github.com/rvoicilas/inotify-tools/wiki https://github.com/rvoicilas/inotify-tools/wiki
    • noodlesUK 7y ago
      A much easier to use tool that works using inotify is incron. It's basically like cron except for inotify events. I have a one-liner that OCRs all of my incoming scans, and it's immensely helpful.
      • wibble10 7y ago
        What do you use to do the actual ocr?
        • noodlesUK 7y ago
          A python package called OCRmyPDF. It has same defaults and works very well for my use case.