/tesseract-python

Examples to implement OCR(Optical Character Recognition) using tesseract using Python

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tesseract-python

Examples to implement OCR(Optical Character Recognition) using tesseract using Python

Installation:

  • Install tesserct-ocr using this command:

    • On Ubuntu 
      sudo apt-get install tesseract-ocr
    • On Mac 
      brew install tesseract
    • On Windows, download installer from here

  • Install python binding for tesseract, pytesseract, using this pip command:

    pip install pytesseract

  • Install image processing library in python, pillow using this pip command:

    pip install pillow

For working with pdf files:

  • Install imagemagick using this command:

    • On Ubuntu 
      sudo apt-get install imagemagick
    • For other platforms, download installer from here

  • Install python binding for imagemagick, wand, using this pip command:

    pip install wand