Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 21 minutes ago

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Want to learn how to apply optical character recognition?

In this video you'll be able to leverage it to extract prescription medication labels using PaddleOCR. This has a range of applications and could be used as part of a broader deep learning pipeline. It could be integrated with a Text to Speech system to make it easier for people with accessibility issues to interpret their medications.

Get the code: github.com/nicknochnack/DrugLabelExtraction-

In this video, you'll learn:
1. How to install PaddleOCR for Python
2. Applying OCR to images
3. Extracting prescription medication labels using PaddleOCR

Links:
Paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2009.09941v3.pdf
GitHub: github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR

Chapters:
0:00 Start
3:13 - Install and Import Dependencies
10:31 - Make Detections
20:36 - Visualise OCR Results
31:51 - Other Examples
36:00 - Ending

Oh, and don't forget to connect with me!
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Happy coding!
Nick

P.s. Let me know how you go and drop a comment if you need a hand!