Update app.py

app.py

@@ -3,17 +3,11 @@ import cv2
 import numpy as np
 from flask import Flask, request, jsonify
 from flask_cors import CORS
-from PIL import Image
-import base64
 
-# Initialize Flask App
+# Initialize Flask app
 app = Flask(__name__)
 CORS(app)
 
-# Specify the Tesseract executable path (update this path if needed)
-pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = r'C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR\tesseract.exe'
-
-
 def decode_base64_image(image_data):
     """
     Decode a Base64 image into OpenCV format.
@@ -32,8 +26,8 @@ def preprocess_image(image):
     """
     Preprocess the image for better OCR results.
     """
-    gray = cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)  # Convert to grayscale
-    _, binary = cv2.threshold(gray, 127, 255, cv2.THRESH_BINARY)  # Thresholding
+    gray = cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+    _, binary = cv2.threshold(gray, 127, 255, cv2.THRESH_BINARY)
     return binary
 
 
@@ -71,14 +65,4 @@ def status():
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    try:
-        # Ensure Tesseract is installed
-        version = pytesseract.get_tesseract_version()
-        print(f"Tesseract OCR version: {version}")
-    except Exception as e:
-        print(f"Error: {e}")
-        print("Ensure Tesseract-OCR is installed and the path is correctly set.")
-        exit(1)
-
-    # Start the Flask server
     app.run(debug=True, host='0.0.0.0', port=5000)