PicRead — Screenshot to Text (OCR)

PicRead is a simple desktop application that extracts text from images (screenshots, photos) using OCR (Tesseract).

Built with Python + CustomTkinter, focused on clean UI and real usability.

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Features

• Upload image (PNG, JPG, JPEG)

• Image preview inside app

• OCR text extraction

• Language selection:

  • English (ENG)
  • Polish (PL)
  • Spanish (ES)

• Editable output textbox

• Copy text to clipboard

• Save as TXT

• Save as CSV

• Error handling (missing file, missing language, no text)

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Screenshots

Main UI

OCR Result

Language Selection

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Tech Stack

• Python
• CustomTkinter
• pytesseract
• Pillow

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Installation

1. Clone repository

git clone https://github.com/czuameni/picread.git cd PicRead

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2. Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

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3. Install Tesseract OCR

Download from: https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/tesseract/wiki

After installation, make sure this file exists:

C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR\tesseract.exe

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4. Set Tesseract path in code

In main.py add:

pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = r"C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR\tesseract.exe"

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5. Run the application

python main.py

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Language Support

Tesseract requires language files.

Make sure you have:

• eng (English)
• pol (Polish)
• spa (Spanish)

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Build EXE

pip install pyinstaller pyinstaller --onefile --windowed --icon=icon.ico main.py

Executable will be created in:

dist/

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Project Structure

PicRead/ │ ├── main.py ├── requirements.txt ├── icon.ico ├── screenshots/ │ ├── main.png │ ├── result.png │ └── language.png └── README.md

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Notes

• Tesseract must be installed separately
• OCR accuracy depends on image quality
• Works best with clear, high-contrast images

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Future Improvements

• Drag & Drop support
• Batch OCR (multiple images)
• Auto language detection
• Image preprocessing for better accuracy

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📄 License

MIT License