screenpipe-architecture
CommunityOn-screen text extraction architecture.
Authorhafley66
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?
Screenpipe's production pattern for robust on-screen text capture, extraction, and indexing across macOS apps using AX + OCR with dedup and SQLite storage.
Core Features & Use Cases
- AX tree walking to read focused window content and UI chrome where applicable.
- Apple Vision OCR pipeline to extract text from screen captures with bounding boxes.
- Hybrid routing between accessibility and OCR to maximize content coverage.
- Event-driven capture for responsive updates and deduplicated storage in SQLite.
- FTS5 indexing for fast queries across app name, window, and text content.
- Use cases: real-time text capture for accessibility tooling, archiving screen content, and automated text extraction for research.
Quick Start
Run the screenpipe-architecture workflow on macOS to start capturing, extracting, and indexing on-screen text.
Dependency Matrix
Required Modules
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