Initial code

.gitignore

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+secret
+venv

app.py

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+import random
+
+import pyocr
+import pyocr.builders
+from PIL import Image, ImageDraw
+
+tool = pyocr.get_available_tools()[0]
+langs = tool.get_available_languages()
+print("Available languages: %s" % ", ".join(langs))
+lang = langs[0]
+print("Will use lang '%s'" % (lang))
+
+image = 'data/books/small_0000.jpg'
+boxes = tool.image_to_string(
+    Image.open(image), lang="eng",
+    builder=pyocr.builders.WordBoxBuilder()
+)
+
+img = Image.open(image)
+draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
+
+# Pick a random word
+box = boxes[121]
+#box = random.choice(boxes)
+
+# Draw black horizontal lines across the page _except_ for that word
+line_width = 50
+
+lines = int(int(img.size[1]) / line_width)
+for line in range(0, lines):
+    y = line * line_width
+    # By default, start/end at total length of line
+    start_x = 0
+    end_x = img.size[0]
+    if box.position[0][1] >= y - line_width and box.position[1][1] <= y + line_width:
+        # This is the line we're on, so we need two lines: before and after
+        start_x = 0
+        end_x = box.position[0][0]
+        draw.line([start_x, y, end_x, y], width=line_width - 5, fill=0)
+        start_x = box.position[1][0]
+        end_x = img.size[0]
+        draw.line([start_x, y, end_x, y], width=line_width - 5, fill=0)
+        continue
+    draw.line([start_x, y, end_x, y], width=line_width - 5, fill=0)
+
+#draw.rectangle(box.position)#, fill=255)
+print(box.get_unicode_string())
+del draw
+img.save("out.png")