<p>I found a tool that can run on Linux that does what you want! If you don't have a Raspberry Pi or a Linux PC, you can use a Kali Linux virtual machine inside VirtualBox.</p>
<p>Just follow the instructions here. :)
<a href="https://pypi.org/project/video-ocr/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Video-OCR</a></p>

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Logan Colón
<p>I'd like to be able to search for a text in a video. E.g., if a video frame contains the text &quot;Interactive&quot;, then I'd like the solution to point to that frame if I search for this word:</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/TzsVS.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/TzsVS.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>(<a href="https://youtu.be/KcELPpdN770?si=iwa-GWdvS1zjw0XG&amp;t=5" rel="nofollow noreferrer">image source</a>)</p>
<p>How can  I do that?</p>

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Search for a text in a video (text is from the images, not the speech)
Franck Dernoncourt
# Search for a text in a video (text is from the images, not the speech)

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-03-05)

I'd like to be able to search for a text in a video. E.g., if a video frame contains the text "Interactive", then I'd like the solution to point to that frame if I search for this word:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/TzsVS.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/TzsVS.png)

([image source](https://youtu.be/KcELPpdN770?si=iwa-GWdvS1zjw0XG&t=5))

How can I do that?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2024-03-06. Score: 1

I found a tool that can run on Linux that does what you want! If you don't have a Raspberry Pi or a Linux PC, you can use a Kali Linux virtual machine inside VirtualBox.

Just follow the instructions here. :)
[Video-OCR](https://pypi.org/project/video-ocr/)


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