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Java OCR library recommendations? [duplicate]

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I need to check a tonne of pictures to see if they have a keyword on them. Can anyone recommend a good, reliable OCR library? I'll happily sacrifice speed for accuracy.

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Peck3277 Avatar asked Jul 23 '13 11:07

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There is no pure Java OCR libraries that have something to do with accuracy. Depending on your budget you may choose something that is not purely Java, but can be called from Java:

  • If you have plenty of time but zero budget - your choice is Tesseract. It is definetely the best among open source
  • If you have small budget to spend and you only need run this recognition once - Cloud OCR API service would be your best choice. It is based on leading commertial grade OCR engine and offers quite affordable per-project prices. Disclaimer: I work for ABBYY
  • In case you will need to run this recognition as ongoing process forever, then you may think that it is economically more efficient to purchase dedicated conversion software, for example this one, it has API and can be called from Java too. But there are actually lot of alternatives, if you are prepared to invest some budget in licensing.
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Tomato Avatar answered Oct 03 '22 04:10

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