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Pytesseract OCR is a Python wrapper for Google's Tesseract OCR engine. It allows developers to extract text from images and scanned documents. Tesseract is considered one of the most accurate OCR engines available, supporting over 100 languages.
pip install pytesseract
in your terminal to install the library.import pytesseract
at the top of your Python script.from PIL import Image
image = Image.open('example.png')
pytesseract.image_to_string()
to extract text from the image:
text = pytesseract.image_to_string(image)
print(text)
custom_config = r'--oem 3 --psm 6'
text = pytesseract.image_to_string(image, config=custom_config)
What is the difference between Tesseract OCR and Pytesseract OCR?
Pytesseract OCR is a Python wrapper for Tesseract OCR. It simplifies the interaction with Tesseract by providing a more user-friendly API for text extraction.
How can I improve the accuracy of text extraction?
You can improve accuracy by:
--psm 6
for single uniform block of text).Can Pytesseract OCR handle non-English text?
Yes, Pytesseract OCR supports multiple languages. You can specify the language using the lang
parameter. For example:
text = pytesseract.image_to_string(image, lang='es') # For Spanish