Image-Translator

About The Project

Image Translator is a web application that allows users to upload images containing text and translate that text into different languages. The application utilises optical character recognition (OCR) to detect text in the uploaded images, OpenCV to process the image and then uses DeepL API to translate the detected text.

Built With

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• EasyOCR
• DeepL API

Getting Started

To get a local copy up and running, follow these simple steps:

1. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/fsosn/Image-Translator.git

2. Install the dependencies

   cd frontend
   npm install

   cd backend
   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Set up environment variables

   1. Create a .env file in the backend directory
   2. Generate API key at DeepL
   3. Add your DeepL API key to the .env file in the following format:

      DEEPL_AUTH_KEY=your_deepl_api_key
      

   4. Save the .env file

4. Start the backend

   flask run

5. Start the frontend

   npm run dev

Usage

1. Upload, paste or drag and drop an image containing text.
2. Select the source and target languages.
3. Click the "Translate" button to process the image and translate detected text.