vsv_proj

Machine vision project

Place images to ocr in a folder called input.

Dependencies provided in pyproject.toml. To run and work on:

• Install python >=3.9
• Install tesseract tesseract-data-eng using your favorite package manager
• Install poetry: python -m pip install poetry
  • Create poetry config location: mkdir ~/.config/pypoetry
  • Tell poetry to separate venvs: echo '[virtualenvs]\nin-project=true\n' > ~/.config/pypoetry/config.toml
• Clone this repo
• cd into repo: cd vsv_proj
• Create folder for input input images: mkdir input
• Place extraced images into input folder
• Create virtual env: python -m venv .venv
• Install dependencies: python -m poetry install
• Activate venv: . .venv/bin/activate
• Run script: python ocr.py

To run and work on in w*ndows (cmd):

• Install python >=3.9
• Install tesseract, Use default installation path!
• Add tesseract to PATH (using admin cmd): setx Path "C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR;%PATH%"
• Close and reopen cmd window(s)
• Install poetry: python.exe -m pip install poetry
  • Create poetry config location: mkdir %APPDATA%\pypoetry
  • Tell poetry to separate venvs: echo [virtualenvs] > %APPDATA%\pypoetry\config.toml && echo.in-project=true >> %APPDATA%\pypoetry\config.toml
• Clone or download and extract the repo
• Navigate to the cloned/extracted repo: cd PATH-TO-FOLDER
• Create folder for input images: mkdir input
• Place extraced images into input folder
• Create virtual env: python.exe -m venv .venv
• Install dependencies: python.exe -m poetry install
• Activate venv: ".venv\Scripts\activate.bat"
• Run script: python.exe ocr.py Note: To deactivate venv run ".venv\Scripts\deactivate.bat"