diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
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+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+share/python-wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
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+.tox/
+.nox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+*.py,cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+cover/
+
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+
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+db.sqlite3
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+__pypackages__/
+
+# Celery stuff
+celerybeat-schedule
+celerybeat.pid
+
+# SageMath parsed files
+*.sage.py
+
+# Environments
+.env
+.venv
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
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+TODO
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/assets/crop.png b/assets/crop.png
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diff --git a/manga_ocr/__init__.py b/manga_ocr/__init__.py
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+++ b/manga_ocr/__init__.py
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+from manga_ocr.ocr import MangaOcr
diff --git a/manga_ocr/ocr.py b/manga_ocr/ocr.py
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+++ b/manga_ocr/ocr.py
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+import re
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import jaconv
+import torch
+from PIL import Image
+from loguru import logger
+from transformers import AutoFeatureExtractor, AutoTokenizer, VisionEncoderDecoderModel
+
+
+class MangaOcr:
+    def __init__(self, pretrained_model_name_or_path='kha-white/manga-ocr-base', force_cpu=False):
+        logger.info(f'Loading OCR model from {pretrained_model_name_or_path}')
+        self.feature_extractor = AutoFeatureExtractor.from_pretrained(pretrained_model_name_or_path)
+        self.tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(pretrained_model_name_or_path)
+        self.model = VisionEncoderDecoderModel.from_pretrained(pretrained_model_name_or_path)
+
+        if not force_cpu and torch.cuda.is_available():
+            logger.info('Using CUDA')
+            self.model.cuda()
+        else:
+            logger.info('Using CPU')
+
+        self(Path(__file__).parent.parent / 'assets/crop.png')
+
+        logger.info('OCR ready')
+
+    def __call__(self, img_or_path):
+        if isinstance(img_or_path, str) or isinstance(img_or_path, Path):
+            img = Image.open(img_or_path)
+        elif isinstance(img_or_path, Image.Image):
+            img = img_or_path
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(f'Invalid value of img_or_path: {img_or_path}')
+
+        img = img.convert('L').convert('RGB')
+
+        x = self._preprocess(img)
+        x = self.model.generate(x[None].to(self.model.device))[0].cpu()
+        x = self.tokenizer.decode(x, skip_special_tokens=True)
+        x = post_process(x)
+        return x
+
+    def _preprocess(self, img):
+        pixel_values = self.feature_extractor(img, return_tensors="pt").pixel_values
+        return pixel_values.squeeze()
+
+
+def post_process(text):
+    text = ''.join(text.split())
+    text = text.replace('…', '...')
+    text = re.sub('[・.]{2,}', lambda x: (x.end() - x.start()) * '.', text)
+    text = jaconv.h2z(text, ascii=True, digit=True)
+
+    return text
diff --git a/manga_ocr/run.py b/manga_ocr/run.py
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+++ b/manga_ocr/run.py
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+import time
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import PIL.Image
+import PIL.ImageGrab
+import fire
+import numpy as np
+import pyperclip
+from loguru import logger
+
+from manga_ocr import MangaOcr
+
+
+def are_images_identical(img1, img2):
+    if None in (img1, img2):
+        return img1 == img2
+
+    img1 = np.array(img1)
+    img2 = np.array(img2)
+
+    return (img1.shape == img2.shape) and (img1 == img2).all()
+
+
+def process_and_write_results(mocr, img_or_path, write_to):
+    t0 = time.time()
+    text = mocr(img_or_path)
+    t1 = time.time()
+
+    logger.info(f'Text recognized in {t1 - t0:0.03f} s: {text}')
+
+    if write_to == 'clipboard':
+        pyperclip.copy(text)
+    else:
+        write_to = Path(write_to)
+        if write_to.suffix != '.txt':
+            raise ValueError('write_to must be either "clipboard" or a path to a text file')
+
+        with write_to.open('a') as f:
+            f.write(text + '\n')
+
+
+def run(
+        read_from='clipboard',
+        write_to='clipboard',
+        pretrained_model_name_or_path='kha-white/manga-ocr-base',
+        force_cpu=False,
+        delay_secs=0.1,
+):
+    mocr = MangaOcr(pretrained_model_name_or_path, force_cpu)
+
+    if read_from == 'clipboard':
+        logger.info('Reading from clipboard')
+
+        img = None
+        while True:
+            old_img = img
+
+            try:
+                img = PIL.ImageGrab.grabclipboard()
+            except OSError:
+                logger.warning('Error while reading from clipboard')
+            else:
+                if isinstance(img, PIL.Image.Image) and not are_images_identical(img, old_img):
+                    process_and_write_results(mocr, img, write_to)
+
+            time.sleep(delay_secs)
+
+
+    else:
+        read_from = Path(read_from)
+        if not read_from.is_dir():
+            raise ValueError('read_from must be either "clipboard" or a path to a directory')
+
+        logger.info(f'Reading from directory {read_from}')
+
+        old_paths = set()
+        for path in read_from.iterdir():
+            old_paths.add(path)
+
+        while True:
+            for path in read_from.iterdir():
+                if path not in old_paths:
+                    old_paths.add(path)
+
+                    try:
+                        img = PIL.Image.open(path)
+                    except PIL.UnidentifiedImageError:
+                        logger.warning(f'Error while reading file {path}')
+                    else:
+                        process_and_write_results(mocr, img, write_to)
+
+            time.sleep(0.5)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    fire.Fire(run)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+++ b/requirements.txt
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+fire
+jaconv
+loguru
+numpy
+Pillow
+pyperclip
+torch
+transformers>=4.12.5