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sbb_binarization/README.md

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Binarization

Binarization for document images

Introduction

This tool performs document image binarization (i.e. transform colour/grayscale to black-and-white pixels) for OCR using multiple trained models.

Installation

Clone the repository, enter it and run

pip install .

Models

Pre-trained models can be downloaded from here:

https://qurator-data.de/sbb_binarization/

Usage

sbb_binarize \
  --patches \
  -m <directory with models> \
  <input image> \
  <output image>

Note In virtually all cases, the --patches flag will improve results.