Metadata-Version: 2.0
Name: asprise-ocr-sdk-python-api
Version: 15.3.0.7
Summary: Asprise OCR (optical character recognition) and barcode recognition SDK is a high performance royalty-free Python API library. It converts images (JPEG, PNG, TIFF, PDF, etc) into text, xml, searchable PDF or editable RTF/Word formats. Data capture are supported for processing documents like invoices and forms.
Home-page: http://asprise.com/royalty-free-library/python-ocr-sdk-asprise_ocr_api-overview.html
Author: Asprise OCR
Author-email: support@asprise.com
License: ASPRISE OCR SDK LICENSE
Keywords: Asprise OCR SDK Image Convert Text Searchable PDF Barcode Recognition Invoice Form OMR
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 6 - Mature
Classifier: Environment :: Console
Classifier: Environment :: MacOS X
Classifier: Environment :: Win32 (MS Windows)
Classifier: Environment :: Other Environment
Classifier: Framework :: Django
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Financial and Insurance Industry
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Healthcare Industry
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Information Technology
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Science/Research
Classifier: License :: Freely Distributable
Classifier: License :: Other/Proprietary License
Classifier: Natural Language :: English
Classifier: Natural Language :: French
Classifier: Operating System :: MacOS
Classifier: Operating System :: Microsoft
Classifier: Operating System :: POSIX
Classifier: Operating System :: Unix
Classifier: Programming Language :: Java
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Topic :: Office/Business
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Image Recognition
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Information Analysis
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
Classifier: Topic :: Text Processing :: General
Classifier: Topic :: Utilities

Asprise OCR SDK with Data Capture - the Ultimate Royalty Free OCR Engine
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Install and Run the Sample OCR Application
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You may install with Python's pip either from a Unix/Linux shell or Windows command console: ::

    > pip install asprise_ocr_sdk_python_api       # Windows

    $ sudo pip install asprise_ocr_sdk_python_api  # Unix/Linux

A sample front-end GUI for the OCR engine will be installed as a script named 'asprise_ocr'.
You can run the following command in the same shell/console: ::

    asprise_ocr

The following are the screenshots on Linux and Windows respectively:

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    :alt: Asprise OCR for Python on Windows


Invoke Asprise OCR API from Your Own Code
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.. code-block:: python

    from asprise_ocr_api import *

    ocr = Ocr()
    ocr.start_engine("eng")  # deu, fra, por, spa - more than 30 languages are supported
    text = ocr.recognize(
        "PATH_TO_INPUT_IMAGE.tif",  # gif, jpg, pdf, png, tif, etc.
        OCR_PAGES_ALL,  # the index of the selected page
        -1, -1, -1, -1,  # you may optionally specify a region on the page instead of the whole page
        OCR_RECOGNIZE_TYPE_TEXT,  # recognize type: TEXT, BARCODES or ALL
        OCR_OUTPUT_FORMAT_PLAINTEXT  # output format: TEXT, XML, or PDF
    )
    print "Result: " + text

    # ocr.recognize(more_images...)

    ocr.stop_engine()


Asprise OCR Programming Guide
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Developer's Guide: http://asprise.com/royalty-free-library/python-ocr-barcode-reader-sdk-samples-docs.html

We'd Like to Hear From You
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Asprise OCR supports more than twenty languages, however only five popular languages are included
in this trial kit. Please contact us if you need to evaluate other languages.

Email: contact@asprise.com
Homepage: `Python OCR SDK API on asprise.com <http://asprise.com/royalty-free-library/python-ocr-sdk-asprise_ocr_api-overview.html>`_


