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+project('ocr', 'c', 'cpp',
+  version : '1',
+  default_options : ['warning_level=3'])
+
+add_project_arguments('-ffast-math', language : 'c')
+
+sources = [
+     'src/ocr.c'
+]
+
+vapoursynth_dep = dependency('vapoursynth', version: '>=55').partial_dependency(compile_args : true, includes : true)
+libtesseract_dep = dependency('tesseract')
+
+deps = [vapoursynth_dep, libtesseract_dep]
+
+shared_module('ocr', sources,
+  dependencies : deps,
+  install : true,
+  install_dir : join_paths(vapoursynth_dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('libdir'), 'vapoursynth'),
+  gnu_symbol_visibility : 'hidden'
+)