text-from-image
v1.1.1
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This helps to extract text from images, very easily using tesseract engine
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Text from Image
This package helps you extract text from images. This works using the tesseract ocr engine.
Installation
npm install --save text-from-image
Usage
This gives a promise which can be used further for various uses
const ReadText = require('text-from-image')
ReadText('./image.png').then(text => {
console.log(text);
}).catch(err => {
console.log(err);
})
Please take care
- Image can be Buffer, PNG, JPG, etc.
- The clear the image the better.
- You can use Sharp or other image processing library to modify image before sending it to the function
Development /Issues
For any issues found please create a pull request
If you're interested in developing it please follow GitHub repo.