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Is it possible to find bold text using Sikuli?

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Is it possible to use Sikuli to detect bold text? I've searched but seems like nobody has tried it yet.

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Eugene S (shragovich) said : 		#1

Hi,

Not sure what are you asking exactly.
Theoretically, all text can be detected using the embedded Tesseract engine, however there are known issues with computer rendered text, especially small characters (like these here for example). And yes, bolder text has a better chance to be detected properly.

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Eugene

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Glenna (x-jingge) said : 		#2

Hi Eugene,

Sorry I should have given more information about my problem. Let's say there is a complete sentence with just one bold word, would Sikuli be able to detect that word and extract it?

Thanks,

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Best Eugene S (shragovich) said : 		#3

If you mean to detect which one of the words is bold - then definitely no. The detection process is tricky by itself and correct detection does not always happen, so the distinction between regular and bold words is not even an option.

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Glenna (x-jingge) said : 		#4

Thanks Eugene S, that solved my question.