Create ocr_utils.py

ocr_utils.py

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+import easyocr
+import numpy as np
+from PIL import Image
+
+def initialize_reader(langs=['hi', 'en']):
+    """Initializes the EasyOCR reader for specified languages."""
+    return easyocr.Reader(langs)
+
+def read_text_from_image(image_path, reader):
+    """Reads text from the image using the provided reader."""
+    try:
+        image = Image.open(image_path)
+        image_np = np.array(image)
+        return reader.readtext(image_np, detail=0)
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        raise FileNotFoundError("Image file not found. Please check the path.")
+
+def join_extracted_text(text_list):
+    """Joins the extracted text from the reader into a single string."""
+    return " ".join(text_list)