Extract text from images with AWESOME-OCR-LLM, a tool for startup founders, with 665 GitHub stars.
665 stars47 forksQuality 8/10Updated 7/8/2026100% free ยท open source
What it does
AWESOME-OCR-LLM extracts text from images using the power of large language models, allowing startup founders to automate data extraction from visual documents.
3Prepare your image dataset: create a folder containing the images you want to extract text from
4Run the OCR script: python ocr.py --img_path /path/to/image --lang en
5View the extracted text in the console or in the output file specified by the --output_path parameter
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python ocr.py --img_path ./images/example_image.jpg --lang en --output_path ./output/extracted_text.txt
Heads up: Make sure you have the necessary Python version (>=3.8) and the required libraries installed, including PyTorch and transformers, to avoid compatibility issues
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