millelog / python-ocr-example

The code for the blogpost A Python Approach to Character Recognition

PyTesseract - Simple Python Optical Character Recognition

This repository contains the code for this blogpost on StackAbuse.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Kindly ensure you have the following installed on your machine:

• Python 3
• Tesseract
• Git
• An IDE or Editor of your choice

Running the Application

1. Clone the repository

$ git clone https://github.com/ro6ley/python-ocr-example.git

2. Check into the cloned repository

$ cd python-ocr-example

3. If you are using Pipenv, setup the virtual environment and start it as follows:

$ pipenv install && pipenv shell

4. Install the requirements

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Run OCR server

Contribution

Please feel free to raise issues using this template and I'll get back to you.

You can also fork the repository, make changes and submit a Pull Request using this template.