As of version 1.9.8, Spire.OCR for .NET offers developers a new model to extract text from images. In this article, we will demonstrate how to extract text from images in C# using the new model of Spire.OCR for .NET.

The detailed steps are as follows.

Step 1: Create a Console App (.NET Framework) in Visual Studio.

Step 2: Change the platform target of the application to x64.

In the application's Solution Explorer, right-click on the project's name and then select "Properties".

Change the platform target of the application to x64. This step must be performed since Spire.OCR only supports 64-bit platforms.

Step 3: Install Spire.OCR for .NET in your application.

Install Spire.OCR for .NET through NuGet by executing the following command in the NuGet Package Manager Console:

Install-Package Spire.OCR

Step 4: Download the new model and dependencies of Spire.OCR for .NET.

Download the new model and dependencies of Spire.OCR for .NET (Model&Lib.zip) through the following link. Then extract the package and save it to a specific directory (such as "D:\") in your computer.

https://www.e-iceblue.com/resource/ocr_net/Model&Lib.zip

Step 5: Use Spire.OCR for .NET to extract text from images in C#.

The following code example shows how to extract text from an image using C# and Spire.OCR for .NET:

using Spire.OCR;
using System.IO;

namespace NewOCRModel
{
    internal class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Set license key
            // Spire.OCR.License.LicenseProvider.SetLicenseKey("your-license-key");
            // Create an instance of the OcrScanner class
            OcrScanner scanner = new OcrScanner();

            // Create an instance of the ConfigureOptions class to set up the scanner configuration
            ConfigureOptions configureOptions = new ConfigureOptions();

            // Set the path to the new model
            configureOptions.ModelPath = @"D:\Model&Lib\Model";

            // Set the path to the dependency libs
            configureOptions.LibPath = @"D:\Model&Lib\Lib\X64";

            // Specify the language for text recognition (such as English, Chinese, Chinesetraditional, French, German, Japanese, or Korean)
            configureOptions.Language = "English";

            // Apply the configuration options to the scanner
            scanner.ConfigureDependencies(configureOptions);

            // Extract text from an image
            scanner.Scan("test.png");

            //Save the extracted text to a text file
            string text = scanner.Text.ToString();
            File.WriteAllText("Output.txt", text);
        }
    }
}

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