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Python OCR library or handwritten character recognition engine [closed]

Could you recommend some python libraries or source code for OCR and handwritten character recognition?

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jack Avatar asked Nov 10 '09 15:11

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Have you tried pytesser?

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Isaiah Avatar answered Sep 28 '22 00:09

Isaiah