run_ocr.py

import constants
import cv2
import numpy as np
from pathlib import Path
from PIL import Image
from pytesseract import pytesseract
pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = constants.tesseract_path


#Setting file paths
filename= constants.filename
path_to_read= Path.cwd()
path_to_read= Path.joinpath(path_to_read,"Details")
path_to_read= Path.joinpath(path_to_read,filename)
path_to_read= Path.joinpath(path_to_read,"Intermediates")


# Running raw tesseract on the image as a whole
def run_tesseract():

    print("Running pytesseract -- version "+ str(pytesseract.get_tesseract_version()))
    test= cv2.imread(str(Path.joinpath(path_to_read,'Image_bin.jpg')))
    print("*"*50)
    test =cv2.bitwise_not(test,mask=None)
    custom_config = r"--oem 3 --psm 4"
    te=pytesseract.image_to_string(test,config=custom_config)
    with open(Path.joinpath(path_to_read,'output.txt'),'w') as f:
        f.write(str(te))