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Create a Python Program to Generate an Image with Text and Extract the Text Using OCR #1

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@ashishkurmi

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Write a Python 3 program that performs two operations:

  • Generate an image with user-specified text.
  • Extract the text from the generated image using OCR.

Functionality

The script should accept two command-line arguments:

  • A string of text to embed in the image.
  • A filename for the generated image (e.g., output.png).

It should generate an image with a white background and black text using the Pillow library.
It should then immediately run OCR on the image using pytesseract and print the extracted text to stdout.

Example Usage

python text_ocr.py "Hello from GitHub Copilot!" test.png
Generated image: test.png
Extracted Text:
----------------
Hello from GitHub Copilot!

Requirements

Use the following libraries:
pip install Pillow pytesseract

Include error handling for:

  • Missing arguments
  • Image generation issues
  • OCR processing failures

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