To install pytesseract we’ll take advantage of pip. Let’s begin by getting pytesseract installed. Installing the Tesseract + Python “bindings”
To download the source code + example images to this blog post, be sure to use the “Downloads” section below. Next, we’ll develop a simple Python script to load an image, binarize it, and pass it through the Tesseract OCR system.įinally, we’ll test our OCR pipeline on some example images and review the results.
This blog post is divided into three parts.įirst, we’ll learn how to install the pytesseract package so that we can access Tesseract via the Python programming language. Looking for the source code to this post? Jump Right To The Downloads Section Using Tesseract OCR with Python