C# Guide: Using IronOCR Image Filters for Better OCR

using IronOcr;
using System;

var image = "screenshot.png";
var ocr = new IronTesseract();
using var input = new OcrInput();
// Load at least one image
input.LoadImage(image);

// Rotate 180 degrees because image is upside-down
input.Rotate(180);

// Read image into variable: result
var result = ocr.Read(input);

// Example print to console
Console.WriteLine(result.Text);

Imports IronOcr
Imports System

Private image = "screenshot.png"
Private ocr = New IronTesseract()
Private input = New OcrInput()
' Load at least one image
input.LoadImage(image)

' Rotate 180 degrees because image is upside-down
input.Rotate(180)

' Read image into variable: result
Dim result = ocr.Read(input)

' Example print to console
Console.WriteLine(result.Text)

using IronOcr;
using System;

var image = @"paragraph_skewed.png";
var ocr = new IronTesseract();
using var input = new OcrInput();
// Load at least one image
input.LoadImage(image);

// Apply deskew with 15 degree snap
bool didDeskew = input.Deskew(15);
if (didDeskew)
{
    // Read image into variable: result
    var result = ocr.Read(input);
    Console.WriteLine(result.Text);
}
else
{
    Console.WriteLine("Deskew not applied because Image Orientation could not be determined.");
}

Imports IronOcr
Imports System

Private image = "paragraph_skewed.png"
Private ocr = New IronTesseract()
Private input = New OcrInput()
' Load at least one image
input.LoadImage(image)

' Apply deskew with 15 degree snap
Dim didDeskew As Boolean = input.Deskew(15)
If didDeskew Then
	' Read image into variable: result
	Dim result = ocr.Read(input)
	Console.WriteLine(result.Text)
Else
	Console.WriteLine("Deskew not applied because Image Orientation could not be determined.")
End If

using IronOcr;
using System;

var image = @"small_barcode.png";
var ocr = new IronTesseract();

// Optional: This example uses a barcode
ocr.Configuration.ReadBarCodes = true;

using var input = new OcrInput();
// Load at least one image
input.LoadImage(image);

// Apply scale
input.Scale(400); // 400% is 4 times larger

// Read image into variable: result
var result = ocr.Read(input);

// Example print to console
Console.WriteLine(result.Text);

Imports IronOcr
Imports System

Private image = "small_barcode.png"
Private ocr = New IronTesseract()

' Optional: This example uses a barcode
ocr.Configuration.ReadBarCodes = True

Dim input = New OcrInput()
' Load at least one image
input.LoadImage(image)

' Apply scale
input.Scale(400) ' 400% is 4 times larger

' Read image into variable: result
Dim result = ocr.Read(input)

' Example print to console
Console.WriteLine(result.Text)

using IronOcr;
using System;

var image = @"no-binarize.jpg";
var ocr = new IronTesseract();

using var input = new OcrInput();
// Load at least one image
input.LoadImage(image);

// Apply Binarize
input.Binarize();

// Read image into variable: result
var result = ocr.Read(input);

// Example print to console
Console.WriteLine(result.Text);

Imports IronOcr
Imports System

Private image = "no-binarize.jpg"
Private ocr = New IronTesseract()

Private input = New OcrInput()
' Load at least one image
input.LoadImage(image)

' Apply Binarize
input.Binarize()

' Read image into variable: result
Dim result = ocr.Read(input)

' Example print to console
Console.WriteLine(result.Text)

using IronOcr;
using System;

var image = @"before-invert.png";
var ocr = new IronTesseract();

using var input = new OcrInput();
// Load at least one image
input.LoadImage(image);

// Apply Invert
input.Invert(true);

// Read image into variable: result
var result = ocr.Read(input);

// Example print to console
Console.WriteLine(result.Text);

Imports IronOcr
Imports System

Private image = "before-invert.png"
Private ocr = New IronTesseract()

Private input = New OcrInput()
' Load at least one image
input.LoadImage(image)

' Apply Invert
input.Invert(True)

' Read image into variable: result
Dim result = ocr.Read(input)

' Example print to console
Console.WriteLine(result.Text)