sirfz/tesserocr
A Python Cython wrapper around the Tesseract OCR C++ API for extracting text from images.
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tesserocr provides Python bindings to the Tesseract OCR engine using Cython, allowing Python applications to perform optical character recognition on images. It integrates directly with Tesseract’s C++ API and supports concurrent execution via Python threading by releasing the GIL during image processing.
Frequently asked
- What is sirfz/tesserocr?
- A Python Cython wrapper around the Tesseract OCR C++ API for extracting text from images.
- Is tesserocr open source?
- Yes — sirfz/tesserocr is open source, released under the MIT license.
- What language is tesserocr written in?
- sirfz/tesserocr is primarily written in Python.
- How popular is tesserocr?
- sirfz/tesserocr has 2.2k stars on GitHub.
- Where can I find tesserocr?
- sirfz/tesserocr is on GitHub at https://github.com/sirfz/tesserocr.