static int ocr_recognizeTextClips_spaceDist = 7;

static L<S> ocr_recognizeTextClips(BWImage bw, L<Rect> clips) {

  SimpleRecognizer sr = filledSimpleRecognizer_cached();

  final L<Rect> rects = autoSegment(bw);

  new L<S> lines;

  for (Rect clip:  clips) {

    S s = diamond();

    pcall {

      BWImage clipImg = autoCroppedBWImage(bw.clip(clip));

      new L<Rect> gclips; // glyph clips

      L<S> groups = sr.recognizeGrouped(clipImg, gclips);

      int n = l(groups);

      if (l(gclips) != n)

        print("huh? " + n + "/" + l(gclips));

      else {

        //print("Finding spaces. " + n + " characters");

        for (int i = 0; i < l(groups)-1; i++) {

          Rect a = gclips.get(i);

          Rect b = gclips.get(i+1);

          if (a != null && b != null) {

            int dist = b.x-a.x2();

            //print("Space dist between " + groups.get(i) + " and " + groups.get(i+1) + ": " + dist);

            if (dist >= ocr_recognizeTextClips_spaceDist) {

              groups.add(i+1, " ");

              gclips.add(i+1, null);

              ++i;

            }

          }

        }

      }

      s = ocr_joinGroups(groups);

    }

    lines.add(s);

  }

  ret lines;

}