Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: Vision.RecognizeText

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Vision.RecognizeText

Recognizes text.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	iOS SDK
Vision	9.4	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	✅ Yes, on macOS	✅ Yes

MBS( "Vision.RecognizeText"; Image { ; Recognition Levels; Languages; CustomWords; PageLimit } ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags

Image The image to analyze.
Can be container value with JPEG, PNG or other image formats supported by Vision framework. $image

Recognition Levels Can be "Fast" or "Accurate". "Accurate" Optional

Languages Specify the languages used for the detection.
The order of the languages in the array defines the order in which languages will be used during the language processing.
The languages are specified as ISO language codes. "en_US" Optional

CustomWords An array of strings that will be used at the word recognition stage in addition to the recognition languages. The customWords list takes precedence over the standard lexicon. "FileMaker¶Claris" Optional

PageLimit Available in MBS FileMaker Plugin 12.3 or newer.
The maximum page count allowed for PDF pages.
Default is 1 to only look on first page.
It is highly recommended to use a limit to only get text from first n pages due to the time it takes to render pages and recognize text.
Pass 0 for no limit. 1 Optional

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
Image	The image to analyze. Can be container value with JPEG, PNG or other image formats supported by Vision framework.	$image
Recognition Levels	Can be "Fast" or "Accurate".	"Accurate"	Optional
Languages	Specify the languages used for the detection. The order of the languages in the array defines the order in which languages will be used during the language processing. The languages are specified as ISO language codes.	"en_US"	Optional
CustomWords	An array of strings that will be used at the word recognition stage in addition to the recognition languages. The customWords list takes precedence over the standard lexicon.	"FileMaker¶Claris"	Optional
PageLimit	Available in MBS FileMaker Plugin 12.3 or newer. The maximum page count allowed for PDF pages. Default is 1 to only look on first page. It is highly recommended to use a limit to only get text from first n pages due to the time it takes to render pages and recognize text. Pass 0 for no limit.	1	Optional

Result

Returns list or error.

Description

Recognizes text.
Requires MacOS 10.15 or iOS 13.0 or newer. This is what LiveText is about.

If you need cross platform text recognition, please check our OCR functions.

Added PDF support for plugin version 12.3. PDF pages can be now be rendered and run through recognition.
For PDF files, you may also check PDFKit.GetPDFPageText and PDFKit.GetPDFText to extract text directly.