nguyenq/tess4j

Java JNA wrapper for Tesseract OCR API

What it solves

It provides a way for Java developers to use Tesseract OCR (Optical Character Recognition) capabilities within their applications without needing to write native C++ code.

How it works

It acts as a Java Native Access (JNA) wrapper around the Tesseract OCR API, allowing Java programs to call the underlying Tesseract engine to extract text from images.

Who it’s for

Java developers who need to integrate text extraction from images or PDF documents into their software projects.

Highlights

  • Supports multiple image formats including TIFF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, and BMP.
  • Handles multi-page TIFF images.
  • Provides support for the PDF document format.

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