import cv2
import pytesseract as tesser
originalImage = cv2.imread("myfile.jpg") #myfile.jpg ===> original image
(thresh, imgbw) = cv2.threshold(originalImage,180,255, cv2.THRESH_BINARY)
# black and white
cv2.imshow('Black white image', imgbw)
cv2.waitKey(0) #make enter
cv2.destroyAllWindows()
#tesseract transformation
#
custom_config = r' -l ' + 'eng' + ' --psm 6 '
text= tesser.image_to_string(imgbw,config=custom_config )
print(text) #the text
Le sam. 13 juil. 2024 à 18:26, Iain Downs <i...@idcl.co.uk> a écrit :
> Can you give me some example code? I'm currently trying to get tesseract
> working for C++ in Visual Studio and it's a bit of a nightmare. python
> seems easier though it's not one of my main languages - I can try it out
> though!
>
> Iain
>
> On Saturday, July 13, 2024 at 11:20:54 AM UTC+1 renec...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I try your example with tesseract for python - it works well
>>
>> Le jeu. 11 juil. 2024 à 20:35, Iain Downs <ia...@idcl.co.uk> a écrit :
>>
>>> I'm trying to extract page numbers from scanned pages of text. Page
>>> Numbers are either at the top or at the bottom - sometimes with titles /
>>> authors / chapters. Occasionally elsewhere, but I don't care about the
>>> exceptions.
>>>
>>> I've loaded tesseract 5.4 (windows) and run some tests using the
>>> executable. I'm finding that if the page number is a single digit on the
>>> line, tesseract ignores it (but otherwise does a fantastic job of OCR even
>>> with skewed and noisy images).
>>>
>>> I've isolated the single line used that as input and tesseract tells me
>>> 'the page is empty'.
>>>
>>> Here is a sample of a single line with a '1' in it resolution is 300dpi.
>>> [image: 101_bottom.jpg]
>>>
>>> Ultimately I would be writing a program using tesseract, but in the
>>> first instance I'd like to see it work with the exe.
>>>
>>> So, can I tell tesseract to be less fussy with individual characters and
>>> if not how would I do so programatically - if possible?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Iain
>>>
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