OCR and Keyword Search (Hindi & English)

Description

This application allows users to upload images in JPEG or PNG format and extract text using Optical Character Recognition (OCR). The extracted text can be searched for specific keywords in both Hindi and English, with the ability to highlight found keywords.

Features

• Upload images in JPEG or PNG format.
• Extract text from images using Tesseract OCR.
• Search for keywords in the extracted text.
• Highlight found keywords in the displayed text output.

Requirements

• Python 3.6 or higher
• Streamlit
• Pillow
• Pytesseract
• Tesseract OCR

Installation

Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/your-username/ocr-keyword-search.git
cd ocr-keyword-search

Create a virtual environment:

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows use `venv\Scripts\activate`

Install the required packages:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Install Tesseract OCR:

• For Windows: Download the installer from Tesseract at UB Mannheim.

• For macOS: Install via Homebrew:

  brew install tesseract

  sudo apt-get install tesseract-ocr

Usage

• Start the Streamlit server:

  streamlit run app.py

• Open your web browser and navigate to localhost.

• Upload an image (JPEG or PNG) containing text.

• Enter a keyword to search for in the extracted text.

• View the extracted text and highlighted keywords.