diff --git a/extensions/fablabchemnitz/ocr/.gitignore b/extensions/fablabchemnitz/ocr/.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/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+pip-wheel-metadata/
+share/python-wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.nox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+*.py,cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
+db.sqlite3-journal
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
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+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
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+
+# PyBuilder
+target/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# IPython
+profile_default/
+ipython_config.py
+
+# pyenv
+.python-version
+
+# pipenv
+#   According to pypa/pipenv#598, it is recommended to include Pipfile.lock in version control.
+#   However, in case of collaboration, if having platform-specific dependencies or dependencies
+#   having no cross-platform support, pipenv may install dependencies that don't work, or not
+#   install all needed dependencies.
+#Pipfile.lock
+
+# PEP 582; used by e.g. github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow
+__pypackages__/
+
+# Celery stuff
+celerybeat-schedule
+celerybeat.pid
+
+# SageMath parsed files
+*.sage.py
+
+# Environments
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+.spyproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
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+# mkdocs documentation
+/site
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+# mypy
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+.dmypy.json
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+
+# Pyre type checker
+.pyre/
diff --git a/extensions/fablabchemnitz/ocr/ocr.inx b/extensions/fablabchemnitz/ocr/ocr.inx
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<inkscape-extension xmlns="http://www.inkscape.org/namespace/inkscape/extension">
+    <name>OCR (Image To Text)</name>
+    <id>fablabchemnitz.de.ocr</id>
+    <effect>
+        <object-type>path</object-type>
+        <effects-menu>
+            <submenu name="FabLab Chemnitz">
+                <submenu name="Various" />
+            </submenu>
+        </effects-menu>
+    </effect>
+    <script>
+        <command location="inx" interpreter="python">ocr.py</command>
+    </script>
+</inkscape-extension>
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diff --git a/extensions/fablabchemnitz/ocr/ocr.py b/extensions/fablabchemnitz/ocr/ocr.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Copyright (C) 2021 Amal Santhosh , amalsanp@gmail.com
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+#
+
+import inkex
+import pytesseract
+from PIL import Image
+import cairosvg
+import os
+
+
+class OcrOutputExtension(inkex.OutputExtension):
+
+    def effect(self):
+        try:
+            cairosvg.svg2png(url=self.file_io.name, write_to='read.png')
+            im = Image.open('read.png')
+            text = pytesseract.image_to_string(im,lang ='eng')
+            self.msg(text.rstrip())
+            os.remove('read.png')
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.msg(e)
+            self.msg("Image reading failed!")
+            return
+        
+        
+    def save(self, stream):
+        pass
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    OcrOutputExtension().run()