# Tesseract OCR Document Extractor

> Extracts structured text from scanned documents and images using Tesseract OCR with custom LSTM training data. Supports table detection via OpenCV contour analysis and PDF/A output generation.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/tesseract-ocr-document-extractor` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/tesseract-ocr-document-extractor`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/tesseract-ocr-document-extractor/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Docs & Writing
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/tesseract-ocr-document-extractor

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# Tesseract OCR Document Extractor

Extracts structured text from scanned documents and images using Tesseract OCR with custom LSTM training data. Supports table detection via OpenCV contour analysis and PDF/A output generation.

## Installation

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- **NOTE**: This software depends on other packages that may be licensed under different open source licenses.

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- It also needs [traineddata](https://tesseract-ocr.github.io/tessdoc/Data-Files.html) files which support the legacy engine, for example those from the [tessdata](https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tessdata) repository.
- Basic **[command line usage](https://tesseract-ocr.github.io/tessdoc/Command-Line-Usage.html)**:
- Examples can be found in the [documentation](https://tesseract-ocr.github.io/tessdoc/Command-Line-Usage.html#simplest-invocation-to-ocr-an-image).

- Source: https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/tesseract-ocr-document-extractor/)