For many years Tesseract has been the steady state of the art for OCR models. When I originally build Text Grab in my research I found many tools which used Tesseract as their models. I chose to go with the built in APIs to Windows because they were easier to target APIs, simpler language management, … Continue reading How to use Tesseract in Text Grab
Once you have WinGet installed, you can install Tesseract via WinGet with a simple command. Open a PowerShell or Command Prompt window and type the following command: winget install -e --id UB-Mannheim.TesseractOCR This will install the latest version of Tesseract and its dependencies on your system. You can verify the installation by typing the following … Continue reading How to install Tesseract OCR in Windows
When you use a Windows computer, almost everything has a file association and format for the operating system to understand. It usually comes at the end of the file name, too. You're probably already familiar with an app like Microsoft Word, which uses the DOCX file association and format, but there are some more complex … Continue reading What is a Windows Icon file and why is it important?
Optical Character Recognition, often referred to as OCR, is a technology that enables you to convert text store as pixels in different types of documents, such as scanned paper documents, PDF files or images captured by a digital camera, into editable and searchable data. But can your Windows operating system perform OCR? Yes, but there's … Continue reading Can Windows do OCR? Yes!
JoeFin Apps 