Tesseract Ocr

Extract text from images using the Tesseract OCR engine directly via command line. Supports multiple languages including Chinese, English, and more. Use this...

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Last updated: April 23, 2026

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Tesseract OCR Skill

Extract text content from images using the Tesseract engine directly via command line.

Features

Extract text from image files using native tesseract CLI
Support multi-language recognition (Chinese, English, etc.)
No Python dependencies required
Simple and fast

Dependencies

Install Tesseract OCR system package:

# Ubuntu/Debian:
sudo apt-get install tesseract-ocr tesseract-ocr-chi-sim
macOS:

brew install tesseract tesseract-lang

Usage

Basic Usage

# Use default language (English)
tesseract /path/to/image.png stdout
Specify language (Chinese + English)
tesseract /path/to/image.png stdout -l chi_sim+eng
Save to file
tesseract /path/to/image.png output.txt -l chi_sim+eng
Multiple languages

tesseract /path/to/image.png stdout -l chi_sim+eng+jpn

Common Language Codes

Language	Code
Simplified Chinese	chi_sim
Traditional Chinese	chi_tra
English	eng
Japanese	jpn
Korean	kor
Chinese + English	chi_sim+eng

Quick Examples

# OCR with Chinese support
tesseract image.jpg stdout -l chi_sim
OCR with mixed Chinese and English
tesseract image.png stdout -l chi_sim+eng
Save to file instead of stdout
tesseract document.png result -l chi_sim+eng
Creates result.txt

Notes

OCR accuracy depends on image quality; use clear images for best results
Complex layouts (tables, multi-column) may require post-processing
Chinese recognition requires the tesseract-ocr-chi-sim language pack
Language packs must be installed separately on your system

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Usage

Basic Usage

Specify language (Chinese + English)

Save to file

Multiple languages

Common Language Codes

Quick Examples

OCR with mixed Chinese and English

Save to file instead of stdout

Creates result.txt

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