OCR in 1 line of code

VB C#

using IronOcr;

string imageText = new IronTesseract().Read(@"images\image.png").Text;

Imports IronOcr

Private imageText As String = (New IronTesseract()).Read("images\image.png").Text

Install-Package IronOcr

OCR in 1 line of code

IronOCR is unique in its ability to automatically detect and read text from imperfectly scanned images and PDF documents. The IronTesseract class provides the simplest API.

Try other code samples to gain fine-grained control of your C# OCR operations.

IronOCR provides the most advanced build of Tesseract known anywhere, on any platform, with increased speed, accuracy, and a native DLL and API.

Supports Tesseract 3, Tesseract 4, and Tesseract 5 for .NET Framework, Standard, Core, Xamarin, and Mono.

How to OCR in VB.NET

Install the VB.NET library to do OCR on image or PDF
Instantiate IronTesseract to use intuitive APIs
Utilize Read method to perform OCR in VB.NET
Get OCR result by accessing Text property
Execute steps 2, 3, and 4 in a single line of code.

Explore the IronTesseract C# OCR How-To Guide

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