pytesseract WindowsError: [Error 5] Access is denied

Question

I have installed pytesseract in Windows 10 system. When I try to run the following line,

pytesser=pytesseract.image_to_string(image)

It throws an error saying,

WindowsError: [Error 5] Access is denied

Even after changing the tesseract_cmd path, it throws the same error.

Looking for the other possible ways to sort this issue.TIA

Answer 1

Your code works except the setting of pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd. The tesseract_cmd should set to the tesseract executable file installed in your machine. Check if it's pointing to that

See if this helps

Pytesseract Image_to_string returns Windows Error: Access denied error in Python