Textify

Overview

Welcome to Textify! Textify extracts text from images and compiles them into searchable PDFs, facilitating efficient Document Management and accessibility in applications requiring Image Text Extraction. Whether you are a developer or contributor, this README.md will guide you through the essentials of the project.

Introduction

Textify leverages EasyOCR for Image Text Extraction, integrates OpenAI's language model for text formatting, and converts the extracted text into PDFs. It offers a seamless solution for converting images to formatted PDF Documents with enhanced accuracy and efficiency.

Getting Started

Before diving into the project, ensure you have the following prerequisites:

Programming Language: Python 3.X
Package Manager: pip
Version Control: Git
Integrated Development Environment: Visual Studio Code, PyCharm

Installation

Clone Repository

https://github.com/Arko-Sengupta/Textify.git

Navigate to the Project Directory
```
cd/<Project-Directory>
```
Create .env.local inside <Project-Directory>.
Add below to .env.local file
```
API_KEY=<Your-OpenAI-API-Key>
```
Install Dependencies
```
pip install -r requirements.txt
```
Start Backend Server
```
python ImageToFormat_API.py
```
Confirm Server Start: Open the below URL at Browser: http://localhost:5000/
Start the Application
```
streamlit run App.py
```

Contribution

If you'd like to contribute, follow the guidelines

Create a branch using the format Textify_<YourUsername> when contributing to the project.
Add the label Contributor to your contributions to distinguish them within the project.