I am having a simple code which has an image called “try.png” and I want to convert it from Image to Text using pytesseract but I am having some issues with the code.
import cv2 import pytesseract pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd=r'tesseract-ocr-setup-4.00.00dev.exe' img = cv2.imread('try.png') img= cv2.cvtColor(img,cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB) print(pytesseract.image_to_string(img))
But it’s giving me an error.
Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:/Users/user 1/PycharmProjects/JARVIS/try.py", line 6, in <module> print(pytesseract.image_to_string(img)) File "C:Usersuser 1AppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython38-32libsite-packagespytesseractpytesseract.py", line 356, in image_to_string return { File "C:Usersuser 1AppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython38-32libsite-packagespytesseractpytesseract.py", line 359, in <lambda> Output.STRING: lambda: run_and_get_output(*args), File "C:Usersuser 1AppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython38-32libsite-packagespytesseractpytesseract.py", line 270, in run_and_get_output run_tesseract(**kwargs) File "C:Usersuser 1AppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython38-32libsite-packagespytesseractpytesseract.py", line 241, in run_tesseract raise e File "C:Usersuser 1AppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython38-32libsite-packagespytesseractpytesseract.py", line 238, in run_tesseract proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd_args, **subprocess_args()) File "C:Usersuser 1AppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython38-32libsubprocess.py", line 854, in __init__ self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds, File "C:Usersuser 1AppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython38-32libsubprocess.py", line 1307, in _execute_child hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args, OSError: [WinError 740] The requested operation requires elevation Process finished with exit code 1
Any idea on how to over come this error
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Answer
tesseract-ocr-setup-4.00.00dev.exe
sounds like a setup exe and not the tesseract itself. Check if you have actually installed tesseract and if not launch the exe to install.
For Windows download the latest version from here: https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/tesseract/wiki
If you still get OSError: [WinError 740] The requested operation requires elevation
try changing the tesseract executable to run as admin: Right Click tesseract.exe -> Properties -> Compability -> Check Run this program as an administrator -> OK
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