Is there a python module that reads a pdf and converts it to text

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I mean one that is a scanned image or something like that and converts it to text or is there a way to do it

Edit: Btw this isnt meant to be a duplicate i wanna know if i can get text out of a scanned image not a regular PDF

searched for "python character recognition" https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytesseract — user5226582, Feb 15 '17 at 11:24
quote http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25665/python-module-for-converting-pdf-to-text — wt.cc, Feb 15 '17 at 11:25

ish · Answer 1 · 2017-02-15T11:30:42.733

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Wrapper for Tesseract OCR is available https://pypi.python.org/pypi/tesserocr

edited Feb 15 '17 at 11:30

answered Feb 15 '17 at 11:24

ish

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 15 '17 at 11:26

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Try PDFminer, it might suit what you need.

answered Feb 15 '17 at 11:26

Levi Porter

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