- 1 year ago
pytesseract does not work in windows platform
If pytesseract
is not working on your Windows platform, there might be a few reasons for it. Here are some steps you can follow to troubleshoot the issue:
Install Tesseract OCR:
pytesseract
is just a Python wrapper around Tesseract OCR engine. First, make sure you have Tesseract OCR installed on your system. You can download and install it from the following link: https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseractSet Tesseract Path: Once Tesseract is installed, you need to set the path to the Tesseract executable in your Python script before using
pytesseract
. For example:
pythonimport pytesseract
pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = r'C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR\tesseract.exe'
Replace the path with the location where Tesseract OCR is installed on your system.
- Install Required Libraries: Ensure that you have installed all the required libraries for
pytesseract
to work properly. You can install them usingpip
:
pip install pytesseract pillow
Check Image Quality: Make sure the image you are trying to extract text from is of good quality and is not too blurry or distorted.
pytesseract
performs better on clear and well-defined images.Specify Language: If the text in your image is in a language other than English, you may need to specify the language when calling the
image_to_string
function. For example:
pythontext = pytesseract.image_to_string(image, lang='fra') # For French language
- Use Full Path to the Image: When providing the image path to
pytesseract
, use the full path instead of a relative path. For example:
pythonimage = r'C:\path\to\your\image.png'
text = pytesseract.image_to_string(image)
If you have followed these steps and are still facing issues, please provide more details about the error message or any other issues you encounter, so that I can assist you further.