OpenCV(Open Source Computer Vision) is an open-source library for computer vision, machine learning, and image processing applications.
Next, to install the Python wrapper for Tesseract, open the command prompt and execute the command “ pip install pytesseract“. So, in my case, it is “ C: Program FilesTesseract-OCRtesseract.exe“. The typical installation path in Windows systems is C:Program Files. We will require it later as we need to add the path of the tesseract executable in the code if the directory of installation is different from the default. Note: Don’t forget to copy the file software installation path. Installation of Tesseract OCR:ĭownload the latest installer for windows 10 from “ “. Execute the. In this article, we will focus on Tesseract OCR. Some of the Open Source OCR tools are Tesseract, OCRopus.
Wouldn’t it be great if our machines or systems could also read the text just like the way we do? But the bigger question is “How do we make our machines read”? This is where Optical Character Recognition (OCR) comes into the picture. We, humans, read text almost every minute of our life.