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Document scanner
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, to generate a scannable document. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a scan request, wherein the scan request includes a plurality of text images; for each text image of the plurality of text images: rectifying the text image to generate a text image with parallel image lines, generating a plurality of word bounding boxes that enclose one or more connected components in the text image, wherein each word bounding box is associated with a respective word, and generating, for each respective word in the text image, a plurality of points that represent the respective word; combining the plurality of text images to form a single text document; and providing the combined image as a scannable document.
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