Update app.py

app.py

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+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+# Attempt to install pytesseract if not found
+try:
+    import pytesseract
+except ImportError:
+    subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, '-m', 'pip', 'install', 'pytesseract'])
+    import pytesseract
+
+# Set Tesseract path
+pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = '/usr/bin/tesseract'
+
+def extract_text_from_image(image):
+    try:
+        if image is None:
+            return "No image captured. Please try again."
+        
+        # Verify Tesseract executable
+        if not os.path.exists('/usr/bin/tesseract'):
+            return "Tesseract OCR is not installed. Please install tesseract-ocr."
+        
+        text = pytesseract.image_to_string(image)
+        
+        if not text.strip():
+            return "No text could be extracted. Ensure image is clear and readable."
+        
+        return text
+    except Exception as e:
+        return f"Error extracting text: {str(e)}"
 import gradio as gr
 import re
 import numpy as np