Settings

Access the application settings by clicking the Settings (cog icon) button in the Right Panel or by selecting Settings (Ctrl+,) from the menu bar. The settings dialog is organized into tabs for easy configuration.

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1. OCR Parameters

These settings directly control the behavior of the OCR engine. Fine-tuning them can significantly impact performance and accuracy. For more details, see the OCR Processing page.

Min / Max Text Height: Filters detected text boxes based on their vertical pixel size.
- Default: 40px / 100px
Min Confidence: The minimum confidence score (from 0.0 to 1.0) an OCR result must have to be included.
- Default: 0.2
Distance Threshold: The maximum pixel distance for automatically merging nearby text boxes.
- Default: 100px
OCR Batch Size: The number of images to process in a single batch. Higher values are faster but use more memory.
- Default: 8
OCR Decoder: The text recognition algorithm used by EasyOCR. beamsearch is recommended.
- Default: beamsearch
OCR Adjust Contrast: A factor applied to image contrast before OCR. 0.0 disables it.
- Default: 0.5
OCR Resize Threshold: Downscales images wider than this pixel value before OCR to improve speed. Set to 0 to disable.
- Default: 1024px
Use GPU: Enables GPU acceleration for OCR (requires a CUDA-enabled NVIDIA GPU). This provides a major speed boost.

2. Gemini API

Configure your credentials for using the AI Translation feature.

Gemini API Key: Your personal API key from Google AI Studio.
Gemini Model: The specific Gemini AI model to use for translations (e.g., gemini-1.5-flash).

3. Shortcuts

Customize keyboard shortcuts for common actions.

Find/Replace Shortcut: The key combination to open the Find/Replace widget.
- Default: Ctrl+F
Combine Rows Shortcut: The key combination to open the Combine Rows dialog.
- Default: Ctrl+G

4. Other

General application preferences.

Show Delete Row Warning: If checked, a confirmation dialog appears before you delete a row. Uncheck this to delete rows instantly.