# Vision/OCR Capability Added to MCP Server v3.0.1

## Date: 2026-05-17

### What Was Added
**Tesseract OCR integration** for image text extraction, making vision/image processing a first-class capability.

### New Tools
1. **`ocr_transcribe`** - Single image transcription
   - Parameters: `image_path`, `output_format`, `language`
   - Uses Tesseract OCR engine
   - Returns extracted text with metadata

2. **`vision_batch`** - Multi-image processing
   - Process all images in a directory
   - Batch output to single file or combined text
   - Language support via Tesseract

### How It Works
- Detects image file extensions (.jpg, .jpeg, .png, .gif, .bmp, .webp)
- Triggers `ocr_transcribe` or `vision_batch` strategy
- Calls Tesseract via shell command
- Returns extracted text through standard pipeline

### Installation Required
```powershell
# Must run as Administrator
choco install tesseract-ocr -y
```

### Strategy Detection
Updated `analyzeTask()` to detect:
- Image file references
- Vision/transcription keywords
- OCR, optical recognition, "read image" commands

### Pass Sequence for Vision Tasks
```
FETCH (load image) → TRANSFORM (tesseract OCR) → STORE → RESPOND
```

### Example Usage
```
"Transcribe text from C:\path\to\image.jpg"
"OCR this image: IMG_1786_L.jpg"
"Extract all text from C:\images\ directory"
```

### Test Case
Successfully transcribed American Jurisprudence Volume 11 title page.

### Files Modified
- `server.js` - Added tool definitions and transform pass
- `SYSTEM_CONTEXT.json` - Updated with vision capabilities
- ERL ledger - Persisted this capability addition

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**Status**: ✅ Vision capability now part of official MCP toolset