image-ocr

Text extraction from images using six OCR engines with preprocessing, cloud APIs, and structured output. Expert in extracting, processing, and structuring text from images using OCR tools and techniques. This skill provides specialized knowledge for extracting text from images, including: Triggers : ocr, extract text from image, image to text, read text image, optical character recognition, tesseract, easyocr, paddleocr, textract, vision api, document extraction, screenshot text, invoice ocr, receipt ocr, handwriting recognition, image text extraction Preprocessing is the #1 factor in OCR accuracy. Always apply before running OCR. Use Claude's vision capability when you need structured extraction + understanding: *Requires additional language pack installation - Supports six OCR tools with decision tree: Tesseract and EasyOCR for local processing, PaddleOCR for CJK and tables, Google Vision and AWS Textract for cloud accuracy, Claude Vision for semantic understanding - Includes full preprocessing pipeline (grayscale, deskew, denoise, binarization, morphological cleanup) to maximize accuracy on real-world images - Provides Python and Node.js implementations with confidence filtering, bounding box extraction, and form/table parsing for invoices and structured documents - Covers PDF text extraction with OCR fallback for scanned pages, post-processing regex patterns, and batch...