ImageToALTOXML

Convert Multiple Images to Multiple ALTo XML Files, Text files, JSON File

Requirements:

1. python 3
2. Anaconda 3 software (Not mendatory) I suggest anaconda 3. Because, It has all the necessary packeges installed in it. So, you don't need to install them individually by yourself. To know more, visit - https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/
3. Tesseract-OCR 4.1 or greater, visit - https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/tesseract/wiki

Installation:

Python:

1. Download or install python3 (I used python 3.7.3) or anaconda3
2. Add the location of installed folder to the environment path variable (control panel -> System & Security -> System -> Advanced system settings -> Environment variables -> click on PATH -> Edit it by Adding that path (copied) in 'PATH')

Tesseract-OCR:

1. Download and install it from - https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/tesseract/wiki
2. Add the location of installed folder 'Tesseract-OCR' & 'tessdata' to system path or environment variable (paths in my system are - C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR\tessdata)
3. An extra thing you need to do. That is after setting environment variable, create a new variable by clicking on 'New' (like - control panel -> System & Security -> System -> Advanced system settings -> Environment variables -> Click 'New' Under 'System variables' -> Name it 'TESSDATA_PREFIX' and give the value C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR\tessdata)

Packages:

1. Open CMD (Command Prompt)
2. download & unzip project from https://github.com/Yadab-Sd/ImageToALTOXML/
3. type in cmd, "cd
4. now write "pip instll -r requirements.txt" and press enter to install necessary all packages for this project (To install package individually, write - pip install <package_name> ) (You will find all package names with correct syntex from https://pypi.org/)

Now, Run main.py by-

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python main.py --input_dir input/ --output_dir output/

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• here, input/ and output/ are the input and output locations
• put all the pictures need to convert text all of them in a single file
• you can use input/folder1/ or input/folder2/