Removing line noise with inpainting
Posted: 2013-11-16T17:53:50-07:00
Given images of text like the following
I want to remove the line noise to better OCR it. As the text is always blue I used which resulted in
Is it possible to also fill in the areas of the characters where the line intersects with it to keep the characters contiguous?
I want to remove the line noise to better OCR it. As the text is always blue I used
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convert $in -fuzz 40% -fill white +opaque blue $outIs it possible to also fill in the areas of the characters where the line intersects with it to keep the characters contiguous?
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$ convert -version
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