Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: WindowsOCR.RecognizeFile

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WindowsOCR.RecognizeFile

Scans the specified image for text.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	iOS SDK
WindowsOCR	13.1	❌ No	✅ Yes	❌ No	✅ Yes, on Windows	❌ No

MBS( "WindowsOCR.RecognizeFile"; OCR; Path ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example

OCR The reference number of the ocr engine. $ocr

Path The native file path to the file to use. "C:\Test\test.jpg"

Parameter	Description	Example
OCR	The reference number of the ocr engine.	$ocr
Path	The native file path to the file to use.	"C:\Test\test.jpg"

Result

Returns OK or error.

Description

Scans the specified image for text.
We will ask Windows to load the image from the image file and then run OCR.

Windows supports file formats including JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, BMP and HEIF.

Blog Entries

OCR on Windows in FileMaker

FileMaker Magazin

Ausgabe 2/2023, Seite 28

This function checks for a paid license.

Created 22nd January 2023, last changed 2nd February 2023

WindowsOCR.Recognize - WindowsOCR.RecognizerLanguage