image-ocr

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 - Tool and library selection by use case (Tesseract, EasyOCR, PaddleOCR, cloud APIs) - Image preprocessing to maximize OCR accuracy - Post-processing and structuring of extracted text - Handling handwriting, receipts, invoices, documents, screenshots - Multilingual OCR and special character support - Integration into Python/Node.js/cloud pipelines - Cause : Image too small or too noisy - Fix : Upscale 2x, apply denoising and binarization - Cause : Default layout analysis fails on multi-column - Fix : Crop each column separately and OCR individually - Cause : Large model loaded - Fix : Use use_gpu=True if available, or use_angle_cls=False for horizontal text - Cause : Image was rotated before OCR - Fix : Apply deskew() in...