page.get_text("blocks") on the attached PDFs returns empty array of blocks, could you please help me? #4213
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@JorjMcKie I am trying to read the text of the attached PDFs by using below code: Extract text blocks and process themBut the output seems to be empty, could you please help? |
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What looks like text is no text! The pages show little vector graphics - 1 for each character. You can imagine the approach like this: doc=pymupdf.open("Alcohol.Withdrawal.1-5-2025.pdf")
page=doc[0]
tp = page.get_textpage_ocr(dpi=150, full=True)
print(page.get_text(textpage=tp,sort=True))
eis Advocate Health Care | © Aurora Health Care
Understanding Alcohol Withdrawal
Alcohol affects your brain and body. When you stop drinking alcohol after regular or heavy
drinking, changes happen in your body. This can lead to withdrawal symptoms.
Quitting alcohol may be tough. There is supportto help you.
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Thanks @JorjMcKie |
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What looks like text is no text! The pages show little vector graphics - 1 for each character. You can imagine the approach like this:
To draw capital letter "A", draw the lines
"/","-","\"to achieve"/-\". Similar for any character with curved lines ... you get the argument.The only way to access the text is using OCR.