app.py

import streamlit as st
from PIL import Image
import pytesseract
import shutil

# Streamlit app title
st.title("Image to Text Extraction App 🖼️📝")

# Prompt for image upload
uploaded_file = st.file_uploader("Upload an image", type=["jpg", "jpeg", "png"])

# Check if tesseract is installed and in PATH
pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = shutil.which("tesseract") or None

# If an image is uploaded, perform OCR
if uploaded_file is not None:
    image = Image.open(uploaded_file)
    st.image(image, caption="Uploaded Image", use_column_width=True)
    
    # Perform OCR using Tesseract
    with st.spinner("Extracting text..."):
        text = pytesseract.image_to_string(image)
        
    # Display the extracted text
    st.subheader("Extracted Text:")
    st.write(text)
else:
    st.warning("Please upload an image file to extract text.")