python-tesseract-sip

Yet another python library wrapper for Tesseract, this one uses SIP to do the wrapping. Distributed using the same license as Tesseract.

Why does this exist?

python-tesseract is GPL licensed, and I needed something with an apache license.

Build Requirements

You must have a compiler installed that is supported by python distutils. Check out LIBS.txt for other dependency details.

Additionally, SIP must be installed. You can get SIP at:

http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/sip/

Usage

There are working examples in the ‘examples’ folder. They require you to unpack the tesseract OCR data to a directory called ‘tessdata’.

The python-tesseract wiki has some useful python code samples. Anything that uses the TessBaseAPI will most likely be compatible with this library. However, they have a bunch of other functions (which may or may not be useful for you) that are not implemented in this wrapper. See the wiki on their google code site for similar usage examples.

http://code.google.com/p/python-tesseract/

Platforms Tested

Windows 7 x64

• Python 2.7 x86, MSVC 2008 (Tesseract 3.02, Leptonica 1.68)

• Python 2.7 x64, MSVC 2008 (custom x64 build of Tess/Lept)

Support

If you do find bugs, please send fixes my way, and report them at the github site for python-tesseract-sip. However, no technical support will be provided. Good luck and have fun!

Dustin Spicuzza dustin@virtualroadside.com

Get the latest version of this code at https://github.com/virtuald/python-tesseract-sip