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README.md

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-ocr-text-extraction
-===================
+## Requirements
 
-I am not actively supporting this script. It was just an experiment.
+`sudo apt-get install python-imaging`
 
-Processes an image to extract the text portions. Primarily
-used for pre-processing for performing OCR.
+`sudo apt-get install tesseract-ocr`
 
-Implemented in Python using OpenCV.
+`sudo apt-get install python-opencv`
+
+## Example
+
+![Before processing](http://raw.githubusercontent.com/schollz/ocr-text-extraction/master/test.jpg)
+
+1. First process the image
+
+`python process_image.py test.jpg text.jpg`
+
+![After processing](http://raw.githubusercontent.com/schollz/ocr-text-extraction/master/text.jpg)
+
+2. Extract text
+
+`python extract_text.py`
+
+Output:
+
+```bash
+4 WkiJre €99 Bread
+
+A good, basic white bread.
+
+with
+
+I. 21/2 cups lukewarm water
+2 packages dry yeast
+1/4 cup honey
+1 cup dry mile
+2 eggs, beaten
+4 cups unbleached white flour
+
+II. 4 teaspoons salt
+1/3 cup butter or margarine
+3 caps or inore unbleached white flour for forming the dough
+1 cup (approx.) white flour for kneadian
+
+Proceed with the directions for recipe #1, adding the beaten eggs afte
+stirring in the dry milk.
+
+
+
+is moister and chewier than the white e ;g bread.
+
+r’/
+'3. ' " er
+ast
+J
+V -
+
+```
+
+
+### Acknowledgements
+
+`process_image` implemented in Python using OpenCV by Jason Funk Copyright (c) 2012,based on the paper "Font and Background Color Independent Text Binarization" by T Kasar, J Kumar and A G Ramakrishnan http://www.m.cs.osakafu-u.ac.jp/cbdar2007/proceedings/papers/O1-1.pdf
 
-Based on the paper "Font and Background Color Independent Text Binarization" by
-T Kasar, J Kumar and A G Ramakrishnan
-http://www.m.cs.osakafu-u.ac.jp/cbdar2007/proceedings/papers/O1-1.pdf
 
-Copyright (c) 2012, Jason Funk <[email protected]>

extract_text.py

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+import Image
+import pytesseract
+print pytesseract.image_to_string(Image.open('text.jpg'))