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Vision.RecognizeText
Recognizes text.
| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK | License |
| Vision | 9.4 | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | ✅ Yes, on macOS | ✅ Yes | Paid |
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 |
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.
Examples
Recognize text:
Set Field [ Vision::Result ; MBS( "Vision.RecognizeText"; Vision::Image; "Accurate") ]
See also
Release notes
- Version 12.3
- Added PDF support for Vision.RecognizeText function, so you can get live text from PDF documents.
- Version 10.5
- Fixed memory leaks in BinaryFile.WriteContainer, Container.ReadImage, Vision.ClassifyImage, Vision.DetectBarcode and Vision.RecognizeText functions.
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Created 18th August 2019, last changed 16th June 2022
Vision.KnownClassifications - Vision.SupportedRecognitionLanguages
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