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+{
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchPypi,
+  lib,
+  # build dependencies
+  cython,
+  leptonica,
+  pkg-config,
+  tesseract,
+  # extra python packages
+  pillow
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "tesserocr";
+  version = "2.5.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0nj33mwvppacy6p5mqk9a4x26hx9ailshgad84ks60wyms6rgjiv";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cython pkg-config ];
+  buildInputs = [ leptonica tesseract ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pillow ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A simple, Pillow-friendly, wrapper around the tesseract-ocr API for Optical Character Recognition (OCR)";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/sirfz/tesserocr";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mtrsk ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}