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Using Python 3 + Google Cloud Vision API's OCR to extract text from photos and scanned documents

Just a quickie test in Python 3 (using Requests) to see if Google Cloud Vision can be used to effectively OCR a scanned data table and preserve its structure, in the way that products such as ABBYY FineReader can OCR an image and provide Excel-ready output.

The short answer: No. While Cloud Vision provides bounding polygon coordinates in its output, it doesn't provide it at the word or region level, which would be needed to then calculate the data delimiters.

On the other hand, the OCR quality is pretty good, if you just need to identify text anywhere in an image, without regards to its physical coordinates. I've included two examples:

####### 1. A low-resolution photo of road signs

PostgreSQL JSON Cheatsheet

Using JSON in Postgres by example.

Quick setup via Docker

Download and install: Docker Toolbox
Open Docker Quickstart Terminal
Start a new postgres container:
docker run --name my-postgres -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=mysecretpassword -d postgres

Add gem 'rails_12factor' to your Gemfile. This will add error logging and the ability for your app to serve static assets.
bundle
Run RAILS_ENV=production rake db:create db:migrate db:seed
Run rake secret and copy the output
From the command line: export SECRET_KEY_BASE=output-of-rake-secret
To precompile your assets, run rake assets:precompile. This will create a folder public/assets that contains all of your assets.
Run RAILS_ENV=production rails s and you should see your app.

Remember to clobber your assets (rake assets:clobber) and re-precompile (rake assets:precompile) if you make changes.

#Inject javascript into HTML pages from console

An easy way to inject Javascripts into the current loaded dom using the developer console in chrome.

jQuery

var script = document.createElement('script');
script.src = 'http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7.2.min.js';

So you want to have pretty URLs with no trailing slash or .html like:

http://mysite.com/blog/my-new-kitten

not like:

http://mysite.com/blog/my-new-kitten/

or

	Hi All!

	I've recently launched a tool that wraps many of the commands here with a user interface. This desktop application is currently available for macOS. There's a roadmap outlining planned features for the near future.
	Feel free to request any features you'd like to see, and I'll prioritize them accordingly.
	One of the most important aspects of this application is that every command executed behind the scenes is displayed in a special log section. This allows you to see exactly what’s happening and learn from it.

	Here's the link to the repository: https://github.com/Pulimet/ADBugger

	App Description:
	ADBugger is a desktop tool designed for debugging and QA of Android devices and emulators. It simplifies testing, debugging, and performance analysis by offering device management, automated testing, log analysis, and remote control capabilities. This ensures smooth app performance across various setups.

	"use strict";


	// animation utils
	// ===============

	const trackTime = id => {
	const [entry] = performance.getEntriesByName(id);
	if (!entry) {
	performance.mark(id);

	// 🔥 Node 7.6 has async/await! Here is a quick run down on how async/await works

	const axios = require('axios'); // promised based requests - like fetch()

	function getCoffee() {
	return new Promise(resolve => {
	setTimeout(() => resolve('☕'), 2000); // it takes 2 seconds to make coffee
	});
	}

	:root {
	--ease-in-quad: cubic-bezier(.55, .085, .68, .53);
	--ease-in-cubic: cubic-bezier(.550, .055, .675, .19);
	--ease-in-quart: cubic-bezier(.895, .03, .685, .22);
	--ease-in-quint: cubic-bezier(.755, .05, .855, .06);
	--ease-in-expo: cubic-bezier(.95, .05, .795, .035);
	--ease-in-circ: cubic-bezier(.6, .04, .98, .335);

	--ease-out-quad: cubic-bezier(.25, .46, .45, .94);
	--ease-out-cubic: cubic-bezier(.215, .61, .355, 1);

	'''
	This is an example of how to send data to Slack webhooks in Python with the
	requests module.
	Detailed documentation of Slack Incoming Webhooks:
	https://api.slack.com/incoming-webhooks

	'''

	import json
	import requests