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Manage Text Extractor languages via Powertoys settings

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#22,547 opened on Dec 7, 2022

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Description

Description of the new feature / enhancement

On the Text Extractor settings page, it may be useful to be able to manage installed OCR packages. I imagine a list of installed languages, each with the button to remove that language, and a button for install another language from a list of supported languages

Scenario when this would be used?

Instead of managing OCR packages installed via Powershell, manage them from some menus in Powertoys settings

Supporting information

The OCR Packages can be managed only via Powershell, searching the commands in Microsoft Docs, without a friendly menu where select the language you want to install. Having this kind of menu may be useful

Contributor guide

Research direction
Examine the PowerToys Settings UI for Text Extractor and research how OCR language packages are currently installed via PowerShell. Propose a UI to list, add, and remove languages.
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
desktop
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Feature
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3
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1-2 days
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Fresh
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Clear
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60