IOCRService

Wisej.AI.Services.IOCRService

Namespace: Wisej.AI.Services

Assembly: Wisej.AI (3.5.0.0)

Represents an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) service that can scan images and extract text using a specified language.

C#

public interface IOCRService : IDisposable

VB.NET

Public Interface IOCRService
    Inherits IDisposable

This interface defines methods for extracting text from images using OCR technology. Implementations of this interface should provide functionality to handle image input in various formats and return the recognized text. The service is also disposable to ensure any system resources are correctly released.

Properties

Language

CultureInfo: Gets or sets the language to be used for OCR scanning.

This property allows the user to specify the language in which the text is expected to be recognized. Setting the correct language can improve the accuracy of the OCR process.

Methods

ScanImageAsync(image)

Asynchronously scans the provided image and extracts text from it.

Parameter	Type	Description
image	Image	The image from which text is to be extracted. Ensure the image is valid and accessible.

Returns: Task<String>. A task that represents the asynchronous operation. The task result contains the text extracted from the image.

This method processes the given image using OCR techniques to extract and return text data. The method is asynchronous and will not block the calling thread. Example usage:

  IOCRService ocrService = GetOCRService();
  Image image = Image.FromFile("sample.jpg");
  string result = await ocrService.ScanImageAsync(image);
  Console.WriteLine(result);

• ArgumentNullException Thrown when image is null.

ScanImageAsync(imageUrl)

Scans an image from a specified URL to extract text content asynchronously.

Parameter	Type	Description
imageUrl	String	The URL of the image to scan. This parameter is required and must not be null or empty.

Returns: Task<String>. A task representing the asynchronous operation, with a result of the extracted text as a string.

This method performs an OCR scan on an image located at the specified URL and returns the recognized text. The operation is performed asynchronously, allowing other tasks to execute while the scan is in progress. The URL should directly point to an image file accessible over the network. It supports data base64 URLs. Example usage:

  var ocrService = new YourOCRServiceImplementation();
  string imageUrl = "http://example.com/image.jpg";
  string extractedText = await ocrService.ScanImageAsync(imageUrl);
  Console.WriteLine(extractedText);

Throws:

• ArgumentNullException Thrown when imageUrl is null or empty.

Implemented By

Name	Description
DefaultOCRService	Represents a default implementation of the IOCRService interface using Tesseract for Optical Character Recognition (OCR).