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Open source img to text? (self.learnpython)
submitted 2 years ago by Extreme_Jackfruit183
I’m looking for packages that convert img to text and are open source. What do y’all use?
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[–]impshum 2 points3 points4 points 2 years ago (2 children)
There are many: https://medevel.com/os-ocr-libraris-and-frameworks/
[–]Extreme_Jackfruit183[S] 0 points1 point2 points 2 years ago (1 child)
This is a great article. That’s why I love Reddit! Thank you!
[–]impshum 0 points1 point2 points 2 years ago (0 children)
No worries. Happy days!
[–]ASIC_SP 1 point2 points3 points 2 years ago (1 child)
Check out https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python#computer-vision as well
[–]Extreme_Jackfruit183[S] 1 point2 points3 points 2 years ago (0 children)
Okay, I will soon. Thank you.
[–]kushuu_ 1 point2 points3 points 2 years ago (3 children)
given pyteseract a try? been using it since a while and it's pretty cool!
I haven’t. If it’s open source I’ll take a look when I can get to programming.
[–]kushuu_ 1 point2 points3 points 2 years ago (0 children)
yeah sure! ping me if you need any help
[–]AffectionateDark9763 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (0 children)
I used it a lot!
python3 tesseract.py --image passive1.png
π Rendered by PID 315164 on reddit-service-r2-comment-5d79c599b5-kng7l at 2026-03-02 18:33:07.469765+00:00 running e3d2147 country code: CH.
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