pocr_gist.py

import pyocr
import pyocr.builders
import glob
import Image
 
tools = pyocr.get_available_tools()
tool = tools[0]
langs = tool.get_available_languages()
lang = langs[0]
IMAGE_PATH = '/home/ubuntu/images/*'
 
files = glob.glob(IMAGE_PATH)
text = {}
 
for file in files:
    text[file] = tool.image_to_string(Image.open(file),
                              lang=lang,
                              builder=pyocr.builders.TextBuilder())