How to extract text from image Android app

Question

I am working on a feature for my Android app. I would like to read text from a picture then save that text in a database. Is using OCR the best way? Is there another way? Google

Answer 1

you can use google vision library for convert image to text, it will give better output from image. Add below library in build gradle:

   compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-vision:10.0.0+'

    TextRecognizer textRecognizer = new TextRecognizer.Builder(getApplicationContext()).build();

Frame imageFrame = new Frame.Builder()

        .setBitmap(bitmap)                 // your image bitmap
        .build();

String imageText = "";


SparseArray textBlocks = textRecognizer.detect(imageFrame);

for (int i = 0; i < textBlocks.size(); i++) {
    TextBlock textBlock = textBlocks.get(textBlocks.keyAt(i));
    imageText = textBlock.getValue();                   // return string
}