🔍 OCR Text Extractor – Raspberry Pi + MATLAB

An OCR system that captures and extracts handwritten or printed text using MATLAB's OCR capabilities and a Raspberry Pi camera module.

🎯 Features

• Capture image using Raspberry Pi camera
• Transfer image to MATLAB via SSH/SCP
• Apply image preprocessing (grayscale, binarization, filtering)
• Perform text extraction using ocr() function
• UI interface for manual text correction
• Display bounding boxes for recognized words

🛠 Tech Stack

• Hardware: Raspberry Pi 3B+, Pi Camera V2
• Software: MATLAB, Image Processing Toolbox
• Languages: MATLAB Script, Bash

📦 Project Structure

• capture_image.sh – Pi-side script
• ocr_main.m – MATLAB main script
• image_processing.m – Preprocessing
• ui_text_edit.m – Correction GUI

📸 Screenshots

** Dialogue box that helps users edit the message**

** Image of bounding boxes around the identified words**

📈 Results

• Tested on handwritten + printed text
• Accurate bounding boxes and OCR output