Text Recognition of Bangla and English Scripts in Natural Scene Images

Abstract

Digital cameras on mobile devices have created several new computational hurdles. Text extraction from natural scene photos collected by such devices is an issue. This paper presents a method for recognizing English and Bangla text in scene photos. With this framework, it will be possible to recognize and locate text in its natural setting. Text recognition in natural settings is performed on multiple distinct tiers. To begin, a picture is taken using a smart device. Then text localization and text extraction are done. In the final stage, an artificial neural network is used to recognize the text from the image. This is a bilingual project, with results available in both Bengali and English. The system outperforms conventional recognition methods, producing image results with an average accuracy of 85%.