[FIXED] Tesseract OCR having trouble detecting numbers

Issue

I am trying to detect some numbers with tesseract in python. Below you will find my starting image and what I can get it down to. Here is the code I used to get it there.

import pytesseract
import cv2
import numpy as np
pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = "C:\\Users\\choll\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Tesseract-OCR\\tesseract.exe"

image = cv2.imread(r'64normalwart.png')
lower = np.array([254, 254, 254])
upper = np.array([255, 255, 255])
image = cv2.inRange(image, lower, upper)
image = cv2.bitwise_not(image)
#Uses a language that should work with minecraft text, I have tried with and without, no luck 
text = pytesseract.image_to_string(image, lang='mc')
print(text)
cv2.imwrite("Wartthreshnew.jpg", image)
cv2.imshow("Image", image)
cv2.waitKey(0)

I end up with black numbers on a white background which seems pretty good but tesseract can still not detect the numbers. I also noticed the numbers were pretty jagged but I don't know how to fix that. Does anyone have recommendations for how I could make tesseract be able to recognize these numbers?

Starting Image

What I end up with

Solution

Use the pytesseract.image_to_string(img, config='--psm 8') or try diffrent configs to see if the image will get recognized. Useful link here Pytesseract OCR multiple config options

Answered By - C Holley