How to convert image to text using python

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Rajanikant Hawaldar · Answer

Hello mkm, import os import tempfile import subprocess def ocr(path): temp = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete= False ) process = subprocess.Popen([ 'tesseract' , path, temp.name], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT) process.communicate() with open(temp.name + '.txt' , 'r' ) as handle: contents = handle.read() os.remove(temp.name + '.txt' ) os.remove(temp.name) return contents str = ocr( 'image.png' ) print (str) Go through below articles/blog. https://github.com/prabhakar267/image2text https://www.simplifiedpython.net/how-to-extract-text-from-image-in-python/ https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38507426/image-to-text-python https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/python-convert-image-to-text-and-then-to-speech/

Harsh Shah · Answer

This is off the cuff, you need to check it: from PIL import Image text_file_handle = open(“bride.txt”,”w”) im = Image.open("bride.jpg") bride.jpg is just a sample image file. width,height=im.size allows you to get the width and height of the picture loop over the pixels: for column in range(0,width): for row in range(0,height): write_pixel(im.getpixel(column,row), text_file_handle) text_file_handle.write("
") You need to define write_pixel(pixel,file_handle) For a grey image pixel is just an integer. Here is a crude implementation: define write_pixel(grey_value, handle): handle.write(“%d,”%grey_value) for a colour image define write_pixel(t, handle): handle.write(“%d %d %d,”%(t[0],t[1],t[2])) dont forget to close your text_file_handle (or use a with statement to do it implicitly) text_file_handle.close() #closing the old, explicit way

How to convert image to text using python

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