OCR in VB.NET

Read Text & Barcodes using OCR in VB.NET Applications
Output as structured data or plain text
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VB.NET Code to Get You Started

AutoOcr

using IronOcr;

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

Imports IronOcr

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

PM > Install-Package IronOcr

Install-Package IronOcr

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.

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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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OCR Images to Text in VB.NET Applications

One or multi pages can be sent to IronOCR. You'll receive all text, barcode, & QR content as a result. Add OCR functionality to .NET Console, Web, or Desktop Apps. Images can be submitted as PDF, JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP and TIFF.

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OCR with Fast & Accurate Results

The Optical Character Recognition software views content in multiple font styles for accurate text OCR. Use rectangle read regions to improve speed and accuracy. Multi-core multi threading improves OCR reading speeds.

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Image Processing for Imperfect Scan Recognition

What really makes IronOCR special is its ability to read badly scanned documents. Its unique pre-processing library reduces background noise, rotation, distortion and skewed alignment as well as simplifying colours and enhancing resolution & contrast. Iron’s AutoOCR and Advanced OCR settings provide developers with the tools to achieve the best possible results, every time.

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Multi-lingual OCR

Language packs available for: Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish. Other languages can be supported by request.

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Data Exported Directly to Your VB.NET Application

IronOCR outputs content as plain text and barcode data. An alternative structured data object model allows developers to receive all content in the format of structured Headings, Paragraphs, Lines, Words and Characters for input directly into .NET applications.

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