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tesseract-ocrHow can I integrate Tesseract OCR into a Swift application?


Integrating Tesseract OCR into a Swift application is relatively straightforward. The following steps outline the process:

  1. Install the Tesseract OCR iOS library.
  2. Import the TesseractOCR.h and TesseractOCR.m files into the project.
  3. Initialize the TesseractOCR class and set the language.
    let tesseract = G8Tesseract(language: "eng")
  4. Pass the image to the TesseractOCR class and recognize it.
    tesseract.image = image
    tesseract.recognize()
  5. Get the recognized text from the TesseractOCR class.
    let recognizedText = tesseract.recognizedText
  6. Display the recognized text.
    print(recognizedText)
  7. Cleanup the TesseractOCR class after use.
    tesseract.clear()

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