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OCR fails "silently" (no error message)

Asked by tjonnyc

I'm trying this code, which I got from the answer to another thread (marked as solved):

myReg= Region(100,100,500,600)
myReg.highlight(2)
myText = myReg.text()
print myText

There is definitely text there, but I don't get ANY result.
The red highlight appears, sits there for a moment, then goes back to the Sikuli screen.
No error messages, no console message, no test trace... nothing.

Any suggestions?

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RaiMan (raimund-hocke) said : 		#1

guess you get either spaces or unprintable text.

try:
print "#%s#"%myText

to better see, what is printed.

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tjonnyc (tjonnyc) said : 		#2

Tried it, still nothing.

1.) Other OCR programs have no problem recognizing the text (took screenshot, MS Office OCR and CorelDraw OCR recognized it perfectly).

2.) The same script applied to 1/2 of this page also recognized nothing - not even the large-print headers.

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RaiMan (raimund-hocke) said : 		#3

What happens, if you restrict the region to one line or even one word of text?

use:
print "#%s#"%(selectRegion().text())

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tjonnyc (tjonnyc) said : 		#4

If I run that line, all I get is

##

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RaiMan (raimund-hocke) said : 		#5

ok, then OCR does not work for your font.

You simply have to forget it for now or look for other solutions/workarounds in the net (if it is vital),

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