param([Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$Path)

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Runtime.WindowsRuntime
[Windows.Storage.StorageFile, Windows.Storage, ContentType=WindowsRuntime] | Out-Null
[Windows.Graphics.Imaging.BitmapDecoder, Windows.Graphics.Imaging, ContentType=WindowsRuntime] | Out-Null
[Windows.Media.Ocr.OcrEngine, Windows.Foundation, ContentType=WindowsRuntime] | Out-Null
[Windows.Globalization.Language, Windows.Globalization, ContentType=WindowsRuntime] | Out-Null

function Await-Result($AsyncOperation, [Type]$ResultType) {
  $method = [System.WindowsRuntimeSystemExtensions].GetMethods() |
    Where-Object { $_.Name -eq 'AsTask' -and $_.IsGenericMethod -and $_.GetParameters().Count -eq 1 } |
    Select-Object -First 1
  $task = $method.MakeGenericMethod($ResultType).Invoke($null, @($AsyncOperation))
  $task.Wait()
  return $task.Result
}

$file = Await-Result ([Windows.Storage.StorageFile]::GetFileFromPathAsync((Resolve-Path -LiteralPath $Path).Path)) ([Windows.Storage.StorageFile])
$stream = Await-Result ($file.OpenAsync([Windows.Storage.FileAccessMode]::Read)) ([Windows.Storage.Streams.IRandomAccessStream])
$decoder = Await-Result ([Windows.Graphics.Imaging.BitmapDecoder]::CreateAsync($stream)) ([Windows.Graphics.Imaging.BitmapDecoder])
$bitmap = Await-Result ($decoder.GetSoftwareBitmapAsync()) ([Windows.Graphics.Imaging.SoftwareBitmap])
$lang = [Windows.Globalization.Language]::new('ar-SA')
$engine = [Windows.Media.Ocr.OcrEngine]::TryCreateFromLanguage($lang)
if ($null -eq $engine) { throw 'Windows OCR engine unavailable' }
$result = Await-Result ($engine.RecognizeAsync($bitmap)) ([Windows.Media.Ocr.OcrResult])
$result.Lines | ForEach-Object { $_.Text }