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OCR with python

Extract Chinese and English text from images and scanned PDFs, including documents like invoices and contracts, using PaddleOCR in Python.

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Install

openclaw skills install ocr-python

OCR Text Recognition

This skill uses PaddleOCR for text recognition, supporting both Chinese and English.

Quick Start

Basic Usage

Perform OCR recognition directly on image or PDF files:

from paddleocr import PaddleOCR

ocr = PaddleOCR(lang='ch')
result = ocr.predict("file_path.jpg")

Dependency Installation

Install dependencies before first use:

pip3 install paddlepaddle paddleocr

Output Format

Recognition results return JSON containing:

  • rec_texts: List of recognized text
  • rec_scores: Confidence score for each text

Typical Use Cases

  1. PDF Scans: Use PyMuPDF to extract images first, then OCR
  2. Image Text Recognition: Perform OCR directly on images
  3. Multi-page PDFs: Process page by page

Scripts

Common scripts are located in the scripts/ directory.