@react-native-ml-kit/text-recognition
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React Native On-Device Text Recognition w/ Google ML Kit
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@react-native-ml-kit/text-recognition
React Native On-Device Text Recognition w/ Google ML Kit
Getting started
npm install @react-native-ml-kit/text-recognition --save
Linking
React Native > 0.59
CLI autolink feature links the module while building the app.
React Native <= 0.59
react-native link @react-native-ml-kit/text-recognition
Installing Pods
On iOS, use CocoaPods to add the native RNMLKitTextRecognition to your project:
npx pod-install
Usage
import TextRecognition from '@react-native-ml-kit/text-recognition';
const result = await TextRecognition.recognize(imageURL);
console.log('Recognized text:', result.text);
for (let block of result.blocks) {
console.log('Block text:', block.text);
console.log('Block frame:', block.frame);
for (let line of block.lines) {
console.log('Line text:', line.text);
console.log('Line frame:', line.frame);
}
}
You can also recognize text in scripts other than Latin by specifying the needed script as below:
import TextRecognition, {
TextRecognitionScript,
} from '@react-native-ml-kit/text-recognition';
const result = await TextRecognition.recognize(
imageURL,
// Script for Japanese, you can also use Chinese, Korean, Divanagari and of course Latin.
TextRecognitionScript.JAPANESE
);