How to get text from a base64 PNG image

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This PNG image is in base64:

data:image/png;base64,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

Is it possible to decode to get the text from it without using OCR technology?

The base64 code above will result in the following PNG image:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2323128/convert-string-in-base64-to-image-and-save-on-filesystem-in-python — Tjorriemorrie, Jan 02 '17 at 20:19

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 29 '16 at 01:59

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Definitely not.

What you have is a base64 encoded PNG file. PNG files are binary files containing compressed pixel data, not text characters.

OCR would be the only way to try to recognize the characters in the pixel data.

answered Dec 29 '16 at 01:59

Alexander O'Mara

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How to get text from a base64 PNG image

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