Detect text with stroke width transform.
OpenCV 2.4+, boost.
g++ -o DetectText TextDetection.cpp FeaturesMain.cpp -lopencv_core -lopencv_highgui -lopencv_imgproc -I/path/to/current/directory
where /path/to/current/directory is replaced with the absolute path to the current directory.
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
./TextDetection input_file output_file dark_on_light where dark_on_light is 1 or 0, indicating whether the text is darker or lighter than the background.
Details on the algorithm can be found in: http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs4670/2010fa/projects/final/results/group_of_arp86_sk2357/Writeup.pdf