Fast OCR Configuration
using IronOcr;
using System;

var ocrTesseract = new IronTesseract();

// Fast Dictionary
ocrTesseract.Language = OcrLanguage.EnglishFast;

// Turn off unneeded options
ocrTesseract.Configuration.ReadBarCodes = false;

// Assume text is laid out neatly in an orthogonal document
ocrTesseract.Configuration.PageSegmentationMode = TesseractPageSegmentationMode.Auto;

using var ocrInput = new OcrInput();
ocrInput.LoadImage(@"images\image.png");

var ocrResult = ocrTesseract.Read(ocrInput);
Console.WriteLine(ocrResult.Text);
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Fast OCR Configuration

Fast OCR Configuration

This example can significantly reduce OCR processing time with only a small trade-off in accuracy.

You may also be interested in how to OCR a specific area within an image which can significantly improve speed as well.

How to Speed Up Tesseract in .NET

  1. Install an OCR library to speed up Tesseract.
  2. Construct an IronTesseract item.
  3. Provide the picture path and set the relevant Tesseract settings.
  4. (optional) Use image processing techniques as required.
  5. Call the Read method to read text from a OcrInput object.

You can download IronOCR from NuGet or as a DLL directly.

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