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Recognize Text From Document - Delphi

Text Recognition SDK sample in Delphi demonstrating ‘Recognize Text From Document’

RecognizeText.dpr
program RecognizeText;

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{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  SysUtils,
  ActiveX,
  ComObj;

var
  text_recognizer: Variant;


const
  INPUT_FILE_NAME: string = 'invoice-sample.png';
  OUTPUT_FILE_NAME: string = 'result.txt';
  PAGE_INDEX: integer = 0;

begin
  // required for console applications, initializes ActiveX support
  CoInitialize(nil);

  // create and activate TextRecognizer instance
  text_recognizer := CreateOleObject('Bytescout.TextRecognition.TextRecognizer');
  text_recognizer.RegistrationName := 'demo';
  text_recognizer.RegistrationKey := 'demo';

  text_recognizer.LoadDocument(INPUT_FILE_NAME);

  // set OCR language.
  // "eng" for english, "deu" for German, "fra" for French, "spa" for Spanish, etc. - according to files in "ocrdata" folder
  // find more language files at https://github.com/bytescout/ocrdata
  text_recognizer.OCRLanguage := 'eng';

  // set the location of OCR language data files
  text_recognizer.OCRLanguageDataFolder := 'C:\Program Files\ByteScout Text Recognition SDK\ocrdata_best\';

  // set OCR language.
  // "eng" for english, "deu" for German, "fra" for French, "spa" for Spanish, etc. - according to files in "ocrdata" folder
  // find more language files at https://github.com/bytescout/ocrdata
  text_recognizer.OCRLanguage := 'eng';

  text_recognizer.SaveText(OUTPUT_FILE_NAME);

  text_recognizer := varEmpty;

  // required for console applications, initializes ActiveX support
  CoUninitialize();
end.

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