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OCR.GetText

Returns recognized text.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server iOS SDK
OCR 2.9 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes
MBS( "OCR.GetText" )

Parameters

none

Result

Returns the text.

Description

Returns recognized text.
Calls Recognize if needed internally.

Examples

Query text:

$text = MBS( "OCR.GetText" )

Custom function to read image and return text:

/*
MBS-OCR ( language; Image)

Requires tessdata resources [MIT ©]
language: deu ('deu.traineddata), fra, eng, etc.
Image: Container Fieldname ('MyTable::MyField') in Quotes
path: FM/Extensions - put 'tessdata' Folder into FM Extensions Folder

Benjamin Fehr, EfficientBizz GmbH
http://www.efficientbizz.com
*/

Let (
[

// init OCR
    $path = MBS ("Path.FileMakerPathToNativePath"; Get(FileMakerPath)& "Extensions/") ;
    initialize = MBS( "OCR.Initialize"; $path; language) ; $Error = initialize ;
    SegMode = MBS( "OCR.SetPageSegMode"; "Auto");

// Process Image
    $img = MBS("GMImage.NewFromContainer"; Image);
    set = MBS("OCR.SetImage"; $img) ;
    $result = MBS("OCR.GetText") ;


// Cleanup
    $clean = MBS( "OCR.Cleanup") ;
    $destroy = MBS( "GMImage.Release"; $img)


]
; "" )

See also

Example Databases

Created 18th August 2014, last changed 21st December 2018


OCR.GetPageSegMode - OCR.GetTextWithCoordinates

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