react-native-text-reader

A simple React Native library for extracting text from images using native iOS (Vision Framework) and Android (ML Kit) capabilities.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Platform Setup
  • iOS
  • Android
• Usage
  • Basic Example
• Options
• ScriptOptions Enum
• Contributing
• License

NOTE:

I currently do not work extensively with React Native, so this project may not receive frequent updates. However, if anyone is interested in contributing, please feel free to reach out!

Installation

Install the package using npm or yarn:

npm install react-native-text-reader

or

yarn add react-native-text-reader

After installing the package, make sure to link the native dependencies:

iOS

If you're using iOS, run the following command to install the necessary native modules:

cd ios/ && pod install

Android

No additional steps are required for Android.

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Usage

To use the text reader, import it and call the read method with the image path and options.

Basic Example

import TextReader, { ScriptOptions } from 'react-native-text-reader';

const imagePath = 'path/to/your/image.jpg';
const options = {
  visionIgnoreThreshold: 0.5, // iOS only
  script: ScriptOptions.LATIN, // Android only
};

const readTextFromImage = async () => {
  try {
    const text = await TextReader.read(imagePath, options);
    console.log('Extracted text:', text);
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Error reading text:', error);
  }
};

readTextFromImage();

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Options

Options

Property	Type	Description
visionIgnoreThreshold	number	The confidence threshold for iOS (default: 0.0)
script	ScriptOptions	The language script for Android (default: LATIN)

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ScriptOptions

The ScriptOptions enum allows you to specify different language scripts for Android:

export enum ScriptOptions {
  LATIN = 'Latin',
  CHINESE = 'Chinese',
  DEVANAGARI = 'Devanagari',
  JAPANESE = 'Japanese',
  KOREAN = 'Korean',
}

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Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please submit a pull request or open an issue for any enhancements or bugs.

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License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.