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+My OCR-D workflow
+=================
+
+WIP.
+
+It's easiest to use it as a container. `build` and `run` rely on the Podman
+container engine, but should work with s/podman/docker/ too.
+
+~~~
+cd ~/devel/my_ocrd_workflow
+./build
+~~~
+
+~~~
+cd /path/to/some-ocrd-workspace
+~/devel/my_ocrd_workflow/run
+~~~
+
+
+TODO
+====
+* How to create a OCR-D workspace?