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3. Middle English

Middle English OCR in C# and .NET

126 More Languages

IronOCR is a C# software component allowing .NET coders to read text from images and PDF documents in 126 languages, including Middle English.

It is an advanced fork of Tesseract, built exclusively for the .NET developers and regularly outperforms other Tesseract engines for both speed and accuracy.

Contents of IronOcr.Languages.MiddleEnglish

This package contains 64 OCR languages for .NET:

• MiddleEnglish
• MiddleEnglishBest
• MiddleEnglishFast

Download

Middle English Language Pack [English (1100-1500 AD)]

• Download as Zip
• Install with NuGet

Installation

The first thing we have to do is install our Middle English OCR package to your .NET project.

Install-Package IronOCR.Languages.MiddleEnglish

Code Example

This C# code example reads Middle English text from an image or PDF document.

// Import the IronOcr namespace
using IronOcr;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        // Initialize the IronTesseract OCR engine
        var Ocr = new IronTesseract();

        // Set the language to Middle English
        Ocr.Language = OcrLanguage.MiddleEnglish;

        // Define the input source as an image file
        using (var Input = new OcrInput(@"images\MiddleEnglish.png"))
        {
            // Perform OCR to read the text from the input
            var Result = Ocr.Read(Input);

            // Get all the recognized text
            var AllText = Result.Text;

            // Output the recognized text
            Console.WriteLine(AllText);
        }
    }
}

// Import the IronOcr namespace
using IronOcr;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        // Initialize the IronTesseract OCR engine
        var Ocr = new IronTesseract();

        // Set the language to Middle English
        Ocr.Language = OcrLanguage.MiddleEnglish;

        // Define the input source as an image file
        using (var Input = new OcrInput(@"images\MiddleEnglish.png"))
        {
            // Perform OCR to read the text from the input
            var Result = Ocr.Read(Input);

            // Get all the recognized text
            var AllText = Result.Text;

            // Output the recognized text
            Console.WriteLine(AllText);
        }
    }
}

' Import the IronOcr namespace
Imports IronOcr

Friend Class Program
	Shared Sub Main()
		' Initialize the IronTesseract OCR engine
		Dim Ocr = New IronTesseract()

		' Set the language to Middle English
		Ocr.Language = OcrLanguage.MiddleEnglish

		' Define the input source as an image file
		Using Input = New OcrInput("images\MiddleEnglish.png")
			' Perform OCR to read the text from the input
			Dim Result = Ocr.Read(Input)

			' Get all the recognized text
			Dim AllText = Result.Text

			' Output the recognized text
			Console.WriteLine(AllText)
		End Using
	End Sub
End Class

• Ensure you have the IronOCR package and the appropriate language pack installed.
• This example initializes the OCR engine, sets it to process Middle English, reads text from an input image, and outputs the recognized text.