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diff --git a/src/alttext/automate.py b/src/alttext/automate.py
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+
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+from alttext import genAltTextV2
+from descengine import genDesc
+from ocrengine import genChars
+from langengine import refineDesc, refineOCR #need to implement these
+
+def read_paths_from_file(file_path):
+    """Reads image paths from a given file and returns a list of tuples containing book number and path."""
+    with open(file_path, 'r') as file:
+        lines = file.readlines()
+    paths = [line.strip().split('\t') for line in lines]
+    return paths
+
+def generate_alt_text_for_images(image_paths):
+    """
+    Generates alt-text for a list of image paths. Each path is a tuple containing the book number and the image path.
+    """
+    alt_texts = []
+    for path_info in image_paths:
+        book_num, image_path = path_info.split('\t')
+        full_image_path = f"cache/epub/{book_num}/images/{image_path}"
+
+        # Generate alt-text using the genAltTextV2 method
+        alt_text = alt_text.genAltTextV2(full_image_path) #I don't think I am doing this right
+
+        alt_texts.append((book_num, image_path, alt_text))
+
+    return alt_texts
+
+def main():
+    input_file = '../empty_alt_text_sample.text' # Update this path
+    output_file = '../generated_alt_texts.txt' # Update this path
+
+    image_paths = read_paths_from_file(input_file)
+    alt_texts = generate_alt_text_for_images(image_paths)
+
+    with open(output_file, 'w') as file:
+        for alt_text in alt_texts:
+            file.write(f'{alt_text}\n')
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()