Image Text Extraction with Pytesseract

This repository provides a Python code example for using pytesseract to extract text from images and PDF files.

Installation

Before using the code, you need to install Tesseract OCR engine on your machine. You can download and install it from the official Tesseract OCR website. After installing Tesseract OCR, you can install pytesseract using pip:

pip install pytesseract

Usage

To use the code, simply run the image_to_text.py file in the src directory:

python src/image_to_text.py --image_path path/to/image.png

This will extract text from the specified image and print it to the console.

Customization

You can customize the OCR process by modifying the options passed to the image_to_string function. For example, you can specify the language of the text to be extracted using the lang parameter, or you can configure the OCR engine using the config parameter. See the pytesseract documentation for more information.

Contributing

Contributions to this repository are welcome. If you find a bug or have an idea for a new feature, please open an issue or submit a pull request.