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Tesseract Ocr

Extract text from images using the Tesseract OCR engine directly via command line.

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Overview

Extract text from images using the Tesseract OCR engine directly via command line.

✨Key Features

Extract text from image files using native tesseract CLI

Support multi-language recognition (Chinese, English, etc.)

No Python dependencies required

Simple and fast

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Tesseract OCR Skill

Extract text content from images using the Tesseract engine directly via command line.

Features

Extract text from image files using native tesseract CLI
Support multi-language recognition (Chinese, English, etc.)
No Python dependencies required
Simple and fast

Dependencies

Install Tesseract OCR system package:

bash

# Ubuntu/Debian:
sudo apt-get install tesseract-ocr tesseract-ocr-chi-sim

# macOS:
brew install tesseract tesseract-lang

Usage

Basic Usage

bash

# Use default language (English)
tesseract /path/to/image.png stdout

# Specify language (Chinese + English)
tesseract /path/to/image.png stdout -l chi_sim+eng

# Save to file
tesseract /path/to/image.png output.txt -l chi_sim+eng

# Multiple languages
tesseract /path/to/image.png stdout -l chi_sim+eng+jpn

Common Language Codes

Language	Code
Simplified Chinese	chi_sim
Traditional Chinese	chi_tra
English	eng
Japanese	jpn
Korean	kor
Chinese + English	chi_sim+eng

Quick Examples

bash

# OCR with Chinese support
tesseract image.jpg stdout -l chi_sim

# OCR with mixed Chinese and English
tesseract image.png stdout -l chi_sim+eng

# Save to file instead of stdout
tesseract document.png result -l chi_sim+eng
# Creates result.txt

Notes

OCR accuracy depends on image quality; use clear images for best results
Complex layouts (tables, multi-column) may require post-processing
Chinese recognition requires the tesseract-ocr-chi-sim language pack
Language packs must be installed separately on your system

Installation

Terminal bash


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💻Code Examples

brew install tesseract tesseract-lang

brew-install-tesseract-tesseract-lang.txt

## Usage

### Basic Usage

tesseract /path/to/image.png stdout -l chi_sim+eng+jpn

tesseract-pathtoimagepng-stdout--l-chisimengjpn.txt

### Common Language Codes

| Language | Code |
|----------|------|
| Simplified Chinese | chi_sim |
| Traditional Chinese | chi_tra |
| English | eng |
| Japanese | jpn |
| Korean | kor |
| Chinese + English | chi_sim+eng |

### Quick Examples

example.sh

# Ubuntu/Debian:
sudo apt-get install tesseract-ocr tesseract-ocr-chi-sim

# macOS:
brew install tesseract tesseract-lang

example.sh

# Use default language (English)
tesseract /path/to/image.png stdout

# Specify language (Chinese + English)
tesseract /path/to/image.png stdout -l chi_sim+eng

# Save to file
tesseract /path/to/image.png output.txt -l chi_sim+eng

# Multiple languages
tesseract /path/to/image.png stdout -l chi_sim+eng+jpn

example.sh

# OCR with Chinese support
tesseract image.jpg stdout -l chi_sim

# OCR with mixed Chinese and English
tesseract image.png stdout -l chi_sim+eng

# Save to file instead of stdout
tesseract document.png result -l chi_sim+eng
# Creates result.txt