What are the numbers in Tesseract box file?












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I cannot for the love of me find any documentation about how Tesseract box files work, and what the coordinates represent.



For instance, I'm getting:



T 2768 165 2789 191 0


The first token is obviously the character. I know that Tesseract uses bottom-left. 2768 should therefore be the bottom. The 4th token (2789) seems to be the top. I don't get what the 3rd (165), 5th (191), and 6th (0) tokens are. 165 and 191 are incorrect as left/right coordinates, and 0 I have no idea what it refers to.



Can anyone help me? Are these pixel coordinates, or do I have to factor in the DPI of the image?



Thanks!










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    I cannot for the love of me find any documentation about how Tesseract box files work, and what the coordinates represent.



    For instance, I'm getting:



    T 2768 165 2789 191 0


    The first token is obviously the character. I know that Tesseract uses bottom-left. 2768 should therefore be the bottom. The 4th token (2789) seems to be the top. I don't get what the 3rd (165), 5th (191), and 6th (0) tokens are. 165 and 191 are incorrect as left/right coordinates, and 0 I have no idea what it refers to.



    Can anyone help me? Are these pixel coordinates, or do I have to factor in the DPI of the image?



    Thanks!










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      I cannot for the love of me find any documentation about how Tesseract box files work, and what the coordinates represent.



      For instance, I'm getting:



      T 2768 165 2789 191 0


      The first token is obviously the character. I know that Tesseract uses bottom-left. 2768 should therefore be the bottom. The 4th token (2789) seems to be the top. I don't get what the 3rd (165), 5th (191), and 6th (0) tokens are. 165 and 191 are incorrect as left/right coordinates, and 0 I have no idea what it refers to.



      Can anyone help me? Are these pixel coordinates, or do I have to factor in the DPI of the image?



      Thanks!










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      I cannot for the love of me find any documentation about how Tesseract box files work, and what the coordinates represent.



      For instance, I'm getting:



      T 2768 165 2789 191 0


      The first token is obviously the character. I know that Tesseract uses bottom-left. 2768 should therefore be the bottom. The 4th token (2789) seems to be the top. I don't get what the 3rd (165), 5th (191), and 6th (0) tokens are. 165 and 191 are incorrect as left/right coordinates, and 0 I have no idea what it refers to.



      Can anyone help me? Are these pixel coordinates, or do I have to factor in the DPI of the image?



      Thanks!







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          According to documentation, the format for each line is



          <symbol> <left> <bottom> <right> <top> <page>


          Where:





          • <symbol> is the character e.g. a or b.


          • <left> <bottom> <right> <top> are the coordinates of the rectangle that fits the character on the page. Note that the coordinates system used by Tesseract has (0,0) in the bottom-left corner of the image!


          • <page> is only relevant if you’re using multi-page TIFF files. In all other cases just put 0 in here.


          So in your particular case



          T 2768 165 2789 191 0


          would be




          • character: T

          • left: 2768

          • bottom: 165

          • right: 2789

          • top: 191

          • page: 0






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          • Ha! Thanks for linking the documentation! I guess the <bottom> and <left> coordinates are wrong, then. It's just a character, so if that's pixels or points the numbers should be very similar. I'll look at the docs to see if I can find out more. Thanks!!

            – nkkollaw
            Nov 19 '18 at 23:23











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          According to documentation, the format for each line is



          <symbol> <left> <bottom> <right> <top> <page>


          Where:





          • <symbol> is the character e.g. a or b.


          • <left> <bottom> <right> <top> are the coordinates of the rectangle that fits the character on the page. Note that the coordinates system used by Tesseract has (0,0) in the bottom-left corner of the image!


          • <page> is only relevant if you’re using multi-page TIFF files. In all other cases just put 0 in here.


          So in your particular case



          T 2768 165 2789 191 0


          would be




          • character: T

          • left: 2768

          • bottom: 165

          • right: 2789

          • top: 191

          • page: 0






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          • Ha! Thanks for linking the documentation! I guess the <bottom> and <left> coordinates are wrong, then. It's just a character, so if that's pixels or points the numbers should be very similar. I'll look at the docs to see if I can find out more. Thanks!!

            – nkkollaw
            Nov 19 '18 at 23:23
















          1














          According to documentation, the format for each line is



          <symbol> <left> <bottom> <right> <top> <page>


          Where:





          • <symbol> is the character e.g. a or b.


          • <left> <bottom> <right> <top> are the coordinates of the rectangle that fits the character on the page. Note that the coordinates system used by Tesseract has (0,0) in the bottom-left corner of the image!


          • <page> is only relevant if you’re using multi-page TIFF files. In all other cases just put 0 in here.


          So in your particular case



          T 2768 165 2789 191 0


          would be




          • character: T

          • left: 2768

          • bottom: 165

          • right: 2789

          • top: 191

          • page: 0






          share|improve this answer
























          • Ha! Thanks for linking the documentation! I guess the <bottom> and <left> coordinates are wrong, then. It's just a character, so if that's pixels or points the numbers should be very similar. I'll look at the docs to see if I can find out more. Thanks!!

            – nkkollaw
            Nov 19 '18 at 23:23














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          1







          According to documentation, the format for each line is



          <symbol> <left> <bottom> <right> <top> <page>


          Where:





          • <symbol> is the character e.g. a or b.


          • <left> <bottom> <right> <top> are the coordinates of the rectangle that fits the character on the page. Note that the coordinates system used by Tesseract has (0,0) in the bottom-left corner of the image!


          • <page> is only relevant if you’re using multi-page TIFF files. In all other cases just put 0 in here.


          So in your particular case



          T 2768 165 2789 191 0


          would be




          • character: T

          • left: 2768

          • bottom: 165

          • right: 2789

          • top: 191

          • page: 0






          share|improve this answer













          According to documentation, the format for each line is



          <symbol> <left> <bottom> <right> <top> <page>


          Where:





          • <symbol> is the character e.g. a or b.


          • <left> <bottom> <right> <top> are the coordinates of the rectangle that fits the character on the page. Note that the coordinates system used by Tesseract has (0,0) in the bottom-left corner of the image!


          • <page> is only relevant if you’re using multi-page TIFF files. In all other cases just put 0 in here.


          So in your particular case



          T 2768 165 2789 191 0


          would be




          • character: T

          • left: 2768

          • bottom: 165

          • right: 2789

          • top: 191

          • page: 0







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          • Ha! Thanks for linking the documentation! I guess the <bottom> and <left> coordinates are wrong, then. It's just a character, so if that's pixels or points the numbers should be very similar. I'll look at the docs to see if I can find out more. Thanks!!

            – nkkollaw
            Nov 19 '18 at 23:23



















          • Ha! Thanks for linking the documentation! I guess the <bottom> and <left> coordinates are wrong, then. It's just a character, so if that's pixels or points the numbers should be very similar. I'll look at the docs to see if I can find out more. Thanks!!

            – nkkollaw
            Nov 19 '18 at 23:23

















          Ha! Thanks for linking the documentation! I guess the <bottom> and <left> coordinates are wrong, then. It's just a character, so if that's pixels or points the numbers should be very similar. I'll look at the docs to see if I can find out more. Thanks!!

          – nkkollaw
          Nov 19 '18 at 23:23





          Ha! Thanks for linking the documentation! I guess the <bottom> and <left> coordinates are wrong, then. It's just a character, so if that's pixels or points the numbers should be very similar. I'll look at the docs to see if I can find out more. Thanks!!

          – nkkollaw
          Nov 19 '18 at 23:23




















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