What steps will reproduce the problem? >>> from pytesser import * >>> import Image >>>im=Image.open('C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\pytesser\phototest.tif') >>> text=image_to_string(im) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? File "C:\Python24\lib\site-packages\pytesser\pytesser.py", line 31, in image_to_string call_tesseract(scratch_image_name, scratch_text_name_root) File "C:\Python24\lib\site-packages\pytesser\pytesser.py", line 21, in call_tesseract proc = subprocess.Popen(args) File "C:\Python24\lib\subprocess.py", line 542, in init errread, errwrite) File "C:\Python24\lib\subprocess.py", line 706, in _execute_child startupinfo) WindowsError: [Errno 2] The system cannot find the file specified >>>

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In this version of PyTesser, the installation files must be in the same directory as the script importing PyTesser. Later versions will be more suitable for installing in site-packages, or at least more explicit about usage limitations.

I get this too.

from pytesser import * import Image im=Image.open('phototest.tif') text=image_to_string(im) Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in ? File "/home/shemtov/afik/pyt/pytesser.py", line 31, in image_to_string call_tesseract(scratch_image_name, scratch_text_name_root) File "/home/shemtov/afik/pyt/pytesser.py", line 21, in call_tesseract proc = subprocess.Popen(args) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/subprocess.py", line 542, in init errread, errwrite) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/subprocess.py", line 975, in _execute_child raise child_exception OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

The installation files are in the same directory as the script i'm trying to, use, and this should be even a moot point because I'm using the interpreter and it isn't working. What am I missing?

It looks like you're using *NIX. PyTesser was developed for Windows--it might work in *NIX if you substitute a native Tesseract executable, but you'll have to be careful about filenames.

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i have exactly the same problems does having windows 7 make a difference??

I'm on Windows 7 and having exactly the same problem. I have tried setting tesseract.exe to run in compatibility with earlier versions of Windows, and as administrator.

This is just horrible... how is this not working in Linux in Python? Have you never heard of os independant path's? hm...

works fine in linux as long as tesseract executable is in PATH :) Tested on Ubuntu 10.04 and CentOS 5.4

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Please help I get the same error with MAC OSx and python 2.6

File "ex.py", line 3, in print image_to_string(image) # Run tesseract.exe on image File "/Users/gabrielcarneironovaes/Sites/python/pytesser/pytesser.py", line 31, in image_to_string call_tesseract(scratch_image_name, scratch_text_name_root) File "/Users/gabrielcarneironovaes/Sites/python/pytesser/pytesser.py", line 21, in call_tesseract proc = subprocess.Popen(args) File "/Applications/MAMP/python/framework/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/subprocess.py", line 623, in init errread, errwrite) File "/Applications/MAMP/python/framework/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/subprocess.py", line 1141, in _execute_child raise child_exception OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

i got the same error, im running on Ubuntu 11.04 with python 2.7

Traceback (most recent call last): File "test.py", line 15, in pytesser.image_to_string(data) File "/home/jose/Documentos/Geek/pytesser.py", line 31, in image_to_string call_tesseract(scratch_image_name, scratch_text_name_root) File "/home/jose/Documentos/Geek/pytesser.py", line 21, in call_tesseract proc = subprocess.Popen(args) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 672, in init errread, errwrite) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1213, in _execute_child raise child_exception OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

Another one of those "Doesn't work the way it's ****ing suppose to." A quick "I'll have this script ready in a few minutes" turned into a "My eyes are strained because I'v been staring at the damn screen for the past 3 hours trying to solve the same problem everybody else is experiencing above me"

It doesn't seem like anybody cared enough to guide us through a problem that's been going around since 2007 (it's 2011 now)....

same problme here, windows7 32bit, Python2.6

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There's an easy work around for this if you're using the pytesser directory as a submodule (you've added an empty init.py file):

Change this line in pytesser.py (line 13): tesseract_exe_name = 'tesseract'

to this: tesseract_exe_name = os.path.dirname(file) + '/tesseract'

That way it will look in the correct place for the executable.

The program 'tesseract' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:

sudo apt-get install tesseract-ocr

Email #17 by skipp...@gmail.com was the answer for me.

I know why this happend:

because the python script use the command: tesseract, accutally like this: ./tesseract input-image but you do not install "tesseract", so it told you : The system cannot find the file specified

details:

1. I's not the python script who "read" the words from the picture, It's a command: "tesseract"
2. why subprocess? because, the python execute the cmd use multi-process, the equal effect codes are like this: os.system("tesseract -input_pic, -output_words ) ,

For the next person who struggles with this, open pytesser.py and the first line that says:

Import Image

Change this to

from PIL import Image

solved my issue.