Pytesseract : “TesseractNotFound Error: tesseract

Question

I'm trying to run a basic and very simple code in python.

from PIL import Image
import pytesseract

im = Image.open("sample1.jpg")

text = pytesseract.image_to_string(im, lang = 'eng')

print(text)

This is what it looks like, I have actually installed tesseract for windows through the installer. I'm very new to Python, and I'm unsure how to proceed?

Any guidance here would be very helpful. I've tried restarting my Spyder application but to no avail.

Answer 1

you can install this package... https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/tesseract/wiki after that you should go this path C:\Program Files (x86)\Tesseract-OCR\ tesseract.exe then run tesseract file. I think this will help you...

Answer 2

You would be needing to install tesseract.

https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/wiki

Check out the above documentation on the installation.

Answer 3

# {Windows 10 instructions}
# before you use the script you need to install the dependence
# 1. download the tesseract from the official link:
#   https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/tesseract/wiki
# 2. install the tesseract
#   i chosed this path
#       *replace the user string in the below path with you name of user that you are using in your current machine
#       C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Tesseract-OCR\
# 3. Install the  pillow for your python version
# * the best way for me is to install is this form(i'am using python3.7 version and in my CMD i run this version of python by     typing py -3.7):
# * if you are using another version of python first look how you start the python from you CMD
# * for some machine the run of python from the CMD is different
    # [examples]
    # =================================
    # PYTHON VERSION 3.7
    # python
    # python3.7
    # python -3.7
    # python 3.7
    # python3
    # python -3
    # python 3
    # py3.7
    # py -3.7
    # py 3.7
    # py3
    # py -3
    # py 3
    # PYTHON VERSION 3.6
    # python
    # python3.6
    # python -3.6
    # python 3.6
    # python3
    # python -3
    # python 3
    # py3.6
    # py -3.6
    # py 3.6
    # py3
    # py -3
    # py 3
    # PYTHON VERSION 2.7
    # python
    # python2.7
    # python -2.7
    # python 2.7
    # python2
    # python -2
    # python 2
    # py2.7
    # py -2.7
    # py 2.7
    # py2
    # py -2
    # py 2
    # ================================
# we are using pip to install the dependences
# because for me i start the python version 3.7 with the following line 
    # py -3.7
# open the CMD in windows machine and type the following line:
    # py -3.7 -m pip install pillow
# 4. Install the  pytesseract and tesseract for your python version
# * the best way for me is to install is this form(i'am using python3.7 version and in my CMD i run this version of python by     typing py -3.7):
# we are using pip to install the dependences
# open the CMD in windows machine and type the following lines:
    # py -3.7 -m pip install pytesseract
    # py -3.7 -m pip install tesseract


#!/usr/bin/python
from PIL import Image
import pytesseract
import os
import getpass

def extract_text_from_image(image_file_name_arg):

    # IMPORTANT
    # if you have followed my instructions to install this dependence in above text explanatin
    # for my machine is
    # if you don't put the right path for tesseract.exe the script will not work
    username = getpass.getuser()
    # here above line get the username for your machine automatically
    tesseract_exe_path_installation="C:\\Users\\"+username+"\\AppData\\Local\\Tesseract-OCR\\tesseract.exe"
    pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd=tesseract_exe_path_installation

# specify the direction of your image files manually or use line bellow if the images are in the script directory in     folder  images
    # image_dir="D:\\GIT\\ai_example\\extract_text_from_image\\images"
    image_dir=os.getcwd()+"\\images"
    dir_seperator="\\"
    image_file_name=image_file_name_arg
    # if your image are in different format change the extension(ex. ".png")
    image_ext=".jpg"
    image_path_dir=image_dir+dir_seperator+image_file_name+image_ext

    print("=============================================================================")
    print("image used is in the following path dir:")
    print("\t"+image_path_dir)
    print("=============================================================================")

    img=Image.open(image_path_dir)
    text=pytesseract.image_to_string(img, lang="eng")
    print(text)

# change the name "image_1" whith the name without extension for your image name
# image_file_name_arg="image_1"
image_file_name_arg="image_2"
# image_file_name_arg="image_3"
# image_file_name_arg="image_4"
# image_file_name_arg="image_5"
extract_text_from_image(image_file_name_arg)

# ==================================
# CREATED BY: SHERIFI
# e-mail: [e-mail]
# git-link for script: https://github.com/sherifi/ai_example.git
# ==================================

Answer 4

In windows, the command path must be redirected, for a default windows tesseract installation.

1. In 32 bit system, add in this line after import commands.

pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Tesseract-OCR\tesseract.exe' 

2. In 64 bit system, add this line instead.

 pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = 'C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR\tesseract.exe'

Answer 5

I see steps are scattered in different answers. Based on my recent experience with this pytesseract error on Windows, writing different steps in sequence to make it easier to resolve the error:

1. Install tesseract using windows installer available at: https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/tesseract/wiki

2. Note the tesseract path from the installation.Default installation path at the time the time of this edit was: C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Tesseract-OCR. It may change so please check the installation path.

3. pip install pytesseract

4. set the tesseract path in the script before calling image_to_string:

pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = r'C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Tesseract-OCR\tesseract.exe'

Answer 6

First you should install binary:

On Linux

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install tesseract-ocr
sudo apt-get install libtesseract-dev

On Mac

brew install tesseract

On Windows

download binary from https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/tesseract/wiki. then add pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Tesseract-OCR\tesseract.exe' to your script.

Then you should install python package using pip:

pip install tesseract
pip install tesseract-ocr

references: https://pypi.org/project/pytesseract/ (INSTALLATION section) and https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/wiki#installation