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How to get the attributes of an image or text

Asked by Mohmyda

Hi,

Once I find(Image/Text), I want to get its attributes like

Font family, Font colour/Image colour, if it is underlined or not. If underlined what the pixel rate of the line.

More over, I need to read the text present in the webedit controls and find the width of it.

If the above things are possible, please let me know the way of doing it.

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RaiMan (raimund-hocke) said : 		#1

not possible in the current version.

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Mohmyda (mohana-kandaswamy) said : 		#2

Can this be acheived by any work around using python. (i.e. Using any of the python packages)

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Mohmyda (mohana-kandaswamy) said : 		#3

Can you please tell me why is it not possible?

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RaiMan (raimund-hocke) said : 		#4

Why not possible?
because Sikuli in the moment does not have any features like OCR. It is only;-) a "pixel by pixel comparison tool" without knowing anything about the interpreted content of a visual object.

Workaround using Python?
There are packages available. Some people have tried to use them (search for according questions using OCR). The challenge is, to make them available: https://answers.launchpad.net/sikuli/+faq/1110.

Some ideas (if not too complicated):
- use copy/paste to get your text to the clipboard (http://sikuli.org/blog/2010/05/06/extract-text-with-clipboard/). In some app paste your text and give it the relevant attributes. Use capture and create a Finder object where you compare with your sample text (I guess you have to play with similarity).

- use a magnifier feature and get a capture of to or three magnified characters, that you can compare with some samples.

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