Massive refactoring with a huge number of features, yes, that description doesn't help much.

Author: bigbruno

README.md

@@ -33,13 +33,18 @@ BigOcrPDF is a powerful, all-in-one OCR application that adds searchable text la
 Manage your documents before and after OCR — no need for a separate tool.
 
 - **Drag-and-drop page reordering** with thumbnail previews
-- **Rotate pages** left or right in 90° increments
+- **Rotate & flip pages** — left, right, horizontal, and vertical
 - **Delete pages** you don't need
 - **Merge files** — combine pages from multiple PDFs and images into one document
 - **Create PDFs from images** — import JPEG, PNG, TIFF, WebP, RAW photos, and more
 - **EXIF-aware import** — automatically applies correct orientation from camera metadata
-- **Zoom control** — 50% to 200% thumbnail scaling
+- **Zoom control** — 50% to 200% thumbnail scaling with keyboard shortcuts
 - **Select pages for OCR** — choose exactly which pages to process
+- **Context menu** — right-click any page to save as image or PDF
+- **Compress PDF** — reduce file size with configurable quality and DPI
+- **Split PDF** — by page count or target file size
+- **Undo support** — revert page operations with Ctrl+Z
+- **Window size persistence** — remembers your preferred dimensions
 
 ### OCR Engine
 
@@ -65,7 +70,8 @@ Automatically clean up scans and photos before OCR for maximum accuracy.
 - **Illumination normalization** — even out uneven lighting
 - **Scanner effect** — LAB-space background normalization
 - **Denoising** — bilateral filter and Non-Local Means
-- **All toggles individually controllable** from the settings page
+- **Enhance embedded images** — apply corrections to images inside mixed-content pages
+- **All toggles individually controllable** from educational settings dialogs with visual illustrations
 
 ### Export Options
 
@@ -76,6 +82,7 @@ Get your text out in the format you need.
 | **Searchable PDF** | Original pages with invisible OCR text layer |
 | **PDF/A-2b** | ISO archival standard with metadata injection (preserves original images) |
 | **Custom Quality PDF** | Choose JPEG quality: 30%, 50%, 70%, 85%, or 95% |
+| **Black & White (JBIG2)** | Pure black-and-white output using JBIG2 — the most compact format for text-only documents |
 | **Plain Text (.txt)** | Extracted text from all pages |
 | **ODF/ODT** ⚠️ | 4 modes: formatted + images, images + simple text, formatted text only, or plain text *(experimental — formatting quality may vary)* |
 
@@ -95,7 +102,8 @@ Extract text from anything on your screen.
 
 Handle large workloads efficiently.
 
-- **Multi-file queue** — add files via drag-and-drop or file chooser
+- **Multi-file queue** — add files via drag-and-drop or file chooser, with grid and list views
+- **File information** — right-click any file to view PDF metadata, fonts, images, and attachments
 - **Checkpoint/resume** — interrupted sessions automatically resume on next launch
 - **Processing history** — tracks file sizes, page counts, processing time, and success/failure
 - **Cancel anytime** with clean cleanup
@@ -172,10 +180,14 @@ Press **Print Screen** → select a region → export to **Extract text from ima
 
 - **GTK4 + Libadwaita** — clean, modern design following GNOME Human Interface Guidelines
 - **Multi-page wizard** — Settings → Processing → Results
+- **Educational dialogs** — image corrections, output, and advanced settings with SVG illustrations explaining each option
+- **Grid / List view toggle** — switch between compact grid and detailed list in the file queue
+- **Context menus** — right-click files in the queue or pages in the editor for quick actions
 - **Toast notifications** — non-intrusive status feedback
 - **Before/After comparison** — track file size changes after OCR
-- **Window size persistence** — remembers your preferred dimensions
-- **28 UI languages** — Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
+- **Window size persistence** — remembers your preferred dimensions for all windows
+- **Keyboard shortcuts** — comprehensive shortcuts for all major actions
+- **28 UI languages** — Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
 
 ---
 
@@ -219,6 +231,15 @@ graph TD
 
 ---
 
+## Quality & Testing
+
+- **311 automated tests** covering OCR pipeline, PDF operations, export, preprocessing, editor logic, and utilities
+- **100% i18n coverage** — all 28 languages fully translated (604 strings each)
+- **Ruff-enforced** code style and linting
+- **WCAG 2.1 Level AA** accessibility considerations
+
+---
+
 ## License
 
 [GPL-3.0-or-later](LICENSE)

default.nix

@@ -5,61 +5,75 @@
   pkg-config,
   wrapGAppsHook4,
   gobject-introspection,
-  tesseract,
-  ocrmypdf,
   poppler_utils,
+  ghostscript,
+  fribidi,
+  jbig2enc ? null,
 }:
 
 python3Packages.buildPythonApplication {
   pname = "bigocrpdf";
-  version = "2.0.0";
+  version = "3.0.0";
 
   src = ./.;
 
   pyproject = true;
 
   build-system = with python3Packages; [ setuptools wheel ];
-  
+
   dependencies = with python3Packages; [
     pygobject3
     pycairo
-    ocrmypdf
+    rapidocr
+    pikepdf
+    reportlab
+    opencv4
+    pillow
+    numpy
+    scipy
+    odfpy
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
     wrapGAppsHook4
     gobject-introspection
   ];
-  
+
   buildInputs = [
     gtk4
     libadwaita
-    tesseract
-    ocrmypdf
-    poppler_utils  # For pdfinfo
-  ];
+    poppler_utils
+    ghostscript
+    fribidi
+  ] ++ (if jbig2enc != null then [ jbig2enc ] else []);
 
   postInstall = ''
-    # Install desktop file and icons
+    # Install desktop files
     mkdir -p $out/share/applications
-    mkdir -p $out/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps
-    
-    cp $src/bigocrpdf/usr/share/applications/*.desktop $out/share/applications/ || true
-    cp -r $src/bigocrpdf/usr/share/icons/hicolor/* $out/share/icons/hicolor/ || true
-    
-    # Install KDE service menu
+    cp $src/usr/share/applications/*.desktop $out/share/applications/ || true
+
+    # Install icons
+    mkdir -p $out/share/icons
+    cp -r $src/usr/share/icons/* $out/share/icons/ || true
+
+    # Install service menus
     mkdir -p $out/share/kio/servicemenus
-    cp $src/bigocrpdf/usr/share/kio/servicemenus/*.desktop $out/share/kio/servicemenus/ || true
-    
+    cp $src/usr/share/kio/servicemenus/*.desktop $out/share/kio/servicemenus/ || true
+
     # Install locale files
-    cp -r $src/bigocrpdf/usr/share/locale $out/share/ || true
+    mkdir -p $out/share/locale
+    cp -r $src/usr/share/locale/* $out/share/locale/ || true
+
+    # Install bin wrappers
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp $src/usr/bin/* $out/bin/ || true
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "Add OCR to your PDF documents to make them searchable";
+    description = "OCR toolkit for Linux — searchable PDFs, image OCR, PDF editor";
     homepage = "https://github.com/biglinux/bigocrpdf";
-    license = "GPL-3.0";
+    license = "GPL-3.0-or-later";
     mainProgram = "bigocrpdf";
   };
 }

flake.nix

@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
           packages = with pkgs; [
             python3
             python3Packages.pip
+            python3Packages.pytest
             ruff
-            tesseract
           ];
         };
       }