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TessEngineMBS class

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
class OCR MBS OCR Plugin 21.3 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
The class for OCR recognition using tesseract library.
Example
Dim OCR As new TessEngineMBS // your instance of tesseract

If Not ocr.Initialize("C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR\tessdata", "eng") Then
MsgBox "failed to initialize"
Quit
End If

Dim f As FolderItem = SpecialFolder.Desktop.Child("test.jpg")
Dim p As Picture = f.OpenAsPicture
OCR.SetImage(p)

// get the text
Dim OCRText As String = OCR.GetText

This replaces the older TesseractMBS class.

The new class is for Tesseract 4.x and 5.x versions.

OCR Engine Running Modes

Constant Value Description
kOcrEngineModeDefault 3 Specify this mode when calling init_*(), to indicate that any of the above modes should be automatically inferred from the variables in the language-specific config, command-line configs, or if not specified in any of the above should be set to the default kOcrEngineModeTesseractOnly.
kOcrEngineModeLstmOnly 1 Run just the LSTM line recognizer.
kOcrEngineModeTesseractLstmCombined 2 Run the LSTM recognizer, but allow fallback to Tesseract when things get difficult. deprecated
kOcrEngineModeTesseractOnly 0 Run Tesseract only - fastest; deprecated

Page Layout

Constant Value Description
kPageSegModeAuto 3 Fully automatic page segmentation, but no OSD.
kPageSegModeAutoOnly 2 Automatic page segmentation, but no OSD, or OCR.
kPageSegModeAutoOsd 1 Automatic page segmentation with orientation and script detection. (OSD)
kPageSegModeCircleWord 9 Treat the image as a single word in a circle.
kPageSegModeOsdOnly 0 Orientation and script detection only.
kPageSegModeRawLine 13 Treat the image as a single text line, bypassing hacks that are Tesseract-specific.
kPageSegModeSingleBlock 6 Assume a single uniform block of text. (Default.)
kPageSegModeSingleBlockVertText 5 Assume a single uniform block of vertically aligned text.
kPageSegModeSingleChar 10 Treat the image as a single character.
kPageSegModeSingleColumn 4 Assume a single column of text of variable sizes.
kPageSegModeSingleLine 7 Treat the image as a single text line.
kPageSegModeSingleWord 8 Treat the image as a single word.
kPageSegModeSparseText 11 Find as much text as possible in no particular order.
kPageSegModeSparseTextOsd 12 Sparse text with orientation and script det.

This class has no sub classes.

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Release notes

  • Version 22.3

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