FileNotFoundError on python

Question

img = printscreen_pil
img = img.filter(ImageFilter.MedianFilter())
enhancer = ImageEnhance.Contrast(img)
img = enhancer.enhance(2)
img = img.convert('1')
img.save('temp.jpg')
text = pytesseract.image_to_string(Image.open('temp.jpg'))

I want to read the image in order to convert it to text but i get the error system cannot find the file specified. I think it has to do with the working directory of the python. I'm sorry if this is a stupid question but I hope you can help me.

this is the complete error mssg.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\pncor\Documents\pyprograms\bot.py", line 23, in <module>
    text = pytesseract.image_to_string(Image.open('temp.jpg'))
  File "C:\Users\pncor\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\pytesseract\pytesseract.py", line 122, in image_to_string
    config=config)
  File "C:\Users\pncor\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\pytesseract\pytesseract.py", line 46, in run_tesseract
    proc = subprocess.Popen(command, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
  File "C:\Users\pncor\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\subprocess.py", line 707, in __init__
    restore_signals, start_new_session)
  File "C:\Users\pncor\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\subprocess.py", line 990, in _execute_child
    startupinfo)
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

Answer 1

The tesseract package does not seem to be installed on your system, or it is not found on your path. pytesseract runs the tesseract binary as a sub process in order to perform the OCR.

Use the package manager on your OS to install it, or refer the the installation documentation . You are using Windows so check this out.

Also I don't think that it is necessary to write the enhanced image to file first, just pass it directly to pytesseract.image_to_string :

text = pytesseract.image_to_string(img)