get text from image python

1# Import some modules
2import cv2 # An image proccessing library
3import pytesseract # an image to text library
4import numpy as np # used for mathematics but can be used in image proccessing
5
6# Configure the module
7pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = r'C:\Users\yourname\AppData\Local\Tesseract-OCR\tesseract.exe'
8
9# Make the image grey
10img = cv2.imread('your_img.png')
11gray = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_RGB2GRAY)
12gray, img_bin = cv2.threshold(gray, 128, 255, cv2.THRESH_BINARY | cv2.THRESH_OTSU)
13gray = cv2.bitwise_not(img_bin)
14kernel = np.ones((2, 1), np.uint8)
15img = cv2.erode(gray, kernel, iterations=1)
16img = cv2.dilate(img, kernel, iterations=1)
17# Use OCR to read the text from the image
18out_below = pytesseract.image_to_string(img)
19# Print the text
20print(out_below)

1img = cv2.imread('image.png')
2
3text = pytesseract.image_to_string(img)
4print(text)