OCR for Urdu in Nastaleeq font

Project Title

OCR for Urdu in Nastaleeq font

Project Area of Specialization Software EngineeringProject Summary

In the running world,there is growing demand for the software systems to recognize characters in computer system when information is scanned through paper documents as we know that we have number of newspapers and books which are in printed format.These days there is a huge respect in storing the information available in these paper documents into a computer storage disk and then later re-using this information.OCR for Urdu is aimed at digitizing the hand-printed data and later have the capability to edit the digitized information.

Our project aims at accomplishing the below mentioned features:

• Scanning the image and Segmentation of text.
• Pre-processing the segmented data.
• Recognition of words.
• Creating an editable text file.
• Text to audio conversion for the visually impaired.
• Mobile Application of OCR for android platform.

Project Objectives

The main objectives are:

1. Digitizing paper documents.
2. Automated Data Entry.
3. Assisting the visually impaired.
4. Saving time of manually entering printed data onto a computer.
5. Saving space as reams of paper documents will be converted to digital text files.

Project Implementation Method

The user, that requires OCR, installs the OCR android application or uses the desktop based software application. He then select an image with urdu text, which needs to be converted into editable text file. After selecting the image, the user can edit the image i.e. crop/rotate etc. Once the image is uploaded, the OCR processes the image and extracts the text from the image. The text is then saved as an editable text file.

Benefits of the Project

• Higher Productivity
• Cost Reduction
• High Accuracy
• Increased Storage Space
• 100% Text-searchable Documents
• Massively Improves  Customer Service
• Makes Documents Editable

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

To develop Urdu OCR, we have made use of

SOFTWARE

• Microsoft Windows
• OpenCV
• Tesseract
• Python IDE
• Android OS
• Autodesk Fusion 360
• Android Studio

HARDWARE

• Android based Mobile phone with fair resolution.
• Laptop with Graphic Card.
• Book
• Book Stand

Final Deliverable of the Project Software SystemCore Industry ITOther Industries Education Core Technology OthersOther TechnologiesSustainable Development Goals Quality EducationRequired Resources

Item Name	Type	No. of Units	Per Unit Cost (in Rs)	Total (in Rs)
			Total in (Rs)	60700
16 GB RAM	Equipment	1	12000	12000
GPU (GTX 1050ti)	Equipment	1	20000	20000
SSD (Samsung EVO 860)	Equipment	2	9500	19000
Printing of Standee	Miscellaneous	1	800	800
Book Stand	Miscellaneous	2	3000	6000
Brochures	Miscellaneous	30	50	1500
Contact Cards	Miscellaneous	20	20	400
Printing of Urdu OCR shirts	Miscellaneous	2	500	1000