Java -Xms4096m -Xmx4096m -jar jTessBo圎ditor. Then start jTessBo圎ditor by running the following command in the unzipped jTessBo圎ditor directory: Download the latest version with the format jTessBo圎ditor-version.zip. Then download jTessBo圎ditor which is a training software we'll be using. Next make sure you've got the latest version of Java SE Development Kit installed on your mac. Tesseract doesnt have a built-in GUI, but there are several available from the 3rdParty page. It can be used directly, or (for programmers) using an API to extract printed text from images. Until a recent contribution by Ryan Baumann that used to involve building from source, but thanks to him we can just use:īrew install -with-training-tools tesseractThere can be a few gotchas (particularly with font locations -fonts_dir) so be sure to refer to his post for more information. Tesseract is an open source text recognition (OCR) Engine, available under the Apache 2.0 license.

Start by installing Tesseract using homebrew with training tools. My hope is to document my process from start to finish to give others a more complete guidance as they navigate through the process. The Tessaract documentation isn't great and most of the existing blog posts and information online refer to training Tesseract on Linux or Windows. The process of training Tessaract OCR on Mac OSX can be pretty confusing. Tesseract Training on Mac OSX November 28, 2015

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