Releases: devtitus/Project-Textract
v1.0.0 - First Release 🚀
Project Overview
This is the first release of the OCR Web Application, a project that allows users to extract text from images using Optical Character Recognition (OCR). The application is built with:
Frontend: Next.js (hosted on Netlify).
Backend: Flask + PaddleOCR (hosted on Render).
The goal of this project is to provide a simple and efficient way to convert images containing text into editable digital text.
First Version Features
Here are the key features included in this release:
1. Image Upload:
2. Text Extraction:
3. Responsive Design:
4. CORS Support:
5. Environment Variables:
6. Error Handling:
Known Issues
- The application may struggle with low-quality images or handwritten text.
- Large images may take longer to process.
Changelog
v1.0.0: Initial release with image upload, text extraction, and basic error handling.
Deployment Instructions
To deploy the project:
- Backend:
- Deploy the Flask backend to Render or another hosting platform.
- Set the NEXT_PUBLIC_BACKEND_URL environment variable to the deployed backend URL.
- Frontend:*
- Deploy the Next.js frontend to Netlify.
- Set the NEXT_PUBLIC_BACKEND_URL environment variable in Netlify.
Full Changelog: https://github.com/devtitus/Project-Textract/commits/v1.0.0