OCR Text Recognition

This skill uses PaddleOCR for text recognition, supporting both Chinese and English.

Quick Start

Basic Usage

Perform OCR recognition directly on image or PDF files:

from paddleocr import PaddleOCR

ocr = PaddleOCR(lang='ch')
result = ocr.predict("file_path.jpg")

Dependency Installation

Install dependencies before first use:

pip3 install paddlepaddle paddleocr

Output Format

Recognition results return JSON containing:

• rec_texts: List of recognized text
• rec_scores: Confidence score for each text

Typical Use Cases

1. PDF Scans: Use PyMuPDF to extract images first, then OCR
2. Image Text Recognition: Perform OCR directly on images
3. Multi-page PDFs: Process page by page

Scripts

Common scripts are located in the scripts/ directory.