diff --git a/.local/bin/maimshot b/.local/bin/maimshot
index c85e1c0..39d6319 100755
--- a/.local/bin/maimshot
+++ b/.local/bin/maimshot
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-case "$(printf "a selected area (copy)\\ncurrent window (copy)\\nfull screen (copy)\\na selected area\\ncurrent window\\nfull screen" | dmenu -l 6 -i -p "Screenshot which area?")" in
+ocr_cmd="xclip -sel clip"
+
+case "$(printf "a selected area (copy)\\ncurrent window (copy)\\nfull screen (copy)\\na selected area\\ncurrent window\\nfull screen\\na selected area (OCR)" | dmenu -l 6 -i -p "Screenshot which area?")" in
 	"a selected area (copy)") maim -u -s | xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png ;;
 	"current window (copy)") maim -i "$(xdotool getactivewindow)" | xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png ;;
 	"full screen (copy)") sleep 0.2 ; maim | xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png ;;
         "a selected area") maim -u -s ~/pix/ss/pic-selected-$(uuidgen | awk -F- '{printf $2}')-"$(date '+%y-%m-%d').png" ;;
 	"current window") maim -i "$(xdotool getactivewindow)" ~/pix/ss/pic-window-"$(uuidgen | awk -F- '{printf $2}')-$(date '+%y-%m-%d').png" ;;
 	"full screen") sleep 0.2 ; maim ~/pix/ss/pic-full-"$(uuidgen | awk -F- '{printf $2}')-$(date '+%y-%m-%d').png" ;;
+  "a selected area (OCR)") tmpfile=$(mktemp /tmp/ocr-XXXXXX.png) && maim -u -s > "$tmpfile" && tesseract "$tmpfile" - -l eng | ${ocr_cmd} && rm "$tmpfile" ;;
 esac