Tesseract installation in windows

Question

I am currently working on optimal character recognition project using python 2.7,open computer vision in windows.To accomplish this task i came to know that it can be done by using tesseract (software).But, it cannot be installed on windows. I searched a lot but i could not get the solution. Can any one tell me is there any way of installing it on windows ?or can it be done without using it?

Answer 1

Simple steps for tesseract installation in windows.

1. Download tesseract exe from https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/tesseract/wiki.

2. Install this exe in C:\Program Files (x86)\Tesseract-OCR

3. Open virtual machine command prompt in windows or anaconda prompt.

4. Run pip install pytesseract

5. To test if tesseract is installed type in python prompt:

   import pytesseract

   print(pytesseract)