How to extract text from pdf using python | FinTechChef | OCR using python

In this video you will see how to extract text from pdf using python. There are many powerful modules for extracting text from pdf and few of them are tesseract, textract, Camelot, pyPDF2, tabula.
But, we are going to use "textract" python module because it has "OCR" functionality and it is very easy to use.

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Steps for installing "textract": -
1. Press "Win + R", type "cmd" and hit "enter"
2. Run this command (without quotes): - "pip install textract"
3. Download Poppler: - http://blog.alivate.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/poppler-0.68.0_x86.7z
4. Extract it and paste complete folder here: - "C:\Program Files"
5. Add "C:\Program Files\poppler-0.68.0\bin" to system path variable
6. Your "textract" setup has been completed successfully

How to Install and Use Jupyter Notebook: - https://youtu.be/hi7PMTyT_Xc


Thanks! use that and enjoy :)