v1.2.3

README.md

@@ -6,9 +6,13 @@
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-Ready-to-use OCR with 70+ languages supported including Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Thai.
+Ready-to-use OCR with 80+ languages supported including Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Thai.
 
 ## What's new
+- 1 February 2021 - Version 1.2.3
+    - Add `setLanguageList` method to `Reader` class. This is a convenient api for changing languages (within the same model) after creating class instance.
+    - Small change on text box merging. (thanks [z-pc](https://github.com/z-pc), see [PR](https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR/pull/338))
+    - [Basic Demo on website](https://www.jaided.ai/easyocr)
 - 5 January 2021 - Version 1.2.2
     - Add `optimal_num_chars` to `detect` method. If specified, bounding boxes with estimated number of characters near this value are returned first. (thanks [@adamfrees](https://github.com/adamfrees))
     - Add `rotation_info` to `readtext` method. Allow EasyOCR to rotate each text box and return the one with the best confident score. Eligible values are 90, 180 and 270. For example, try [90, 180 ,270] for all possible text orientations. (thanks [@mijoo308](https://github.com/mijoo308))
@@ -38,7 +42,7 @@ Ready-to-use OCR with 70+ languages supported including Chinese, Japanese, Korea
 
 ## Supported Languages
 
-We are currently supporting 70+ languages. See [list of supported languages](https://www.jaided.ai/easyocr).
+We are currently supporting 80+ languages. See [list of supported languages](https://www.jaided.ai/easyocr).
 
 ## Installation
 

easyocr/__init__.py

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 from .easyocr import Reader
 
-__version__ = '1.2.2'
+__version__ = '1.2.3'

easyocr/easyocr.py

@@ -218,14 +218,7 @@ def __init__(self, lang_list, gpu=True, model_storage_directory=None,
                     assert calculate_md5(model_path) == model_url[model_file][1], corrupt_msg
                     LOGGER.info('Download complete')
 
-        self.lang_char = []
-        for lang in lang_list:
-            char_file = os.path.join(BASE_PATH, 'character', lang + "_char.txt")
-            with open(char_file, "r", encoding = "utf-8-sig") as input_file:
-                char_list =  input_file.read().splitlines()
-            self.lang_char += char_list
-        self.lang_char = set(self.lang_char).union(set(number+symbol))
-        self.lang_char = ''.join(self.lang_char)
+        self.setLanguageList(lang_list)
 
         dict_list = {}
         for lang in lang_list:
@@ -266,6 +259,15 @@ def getChar(self, fileName):
             char = ''.join(list)
         return char
 
+    def setLanguageList(self, lang_list):
+        self.lang_char = []
+        for lang in lang_list:
+            char_file = os.path.join(BASE_PATH, 'character', lang + "_char.txt")
+            with open(char_file, "r", encoding = "utf-8-sig") as input_file:
+                char_list =  input_file.read().splitlines()
+            self.lang_char += char_list
+        self.lang_char = set(self.lang_char).union(set(number+symbol))
+        self.lang_char = ''.join(self.lang_char)
 
     def detect(self, img, min_size = 20, text_threshold = 0.7, low_text = 0.4,\
                link_threshold = 0.4,canvas_size = 2560, mag_ratio = 1.,\

releasenotes.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+- 1 February 2021 - Version 1.2.3
+    - Add `setLanguageList` method to `Reader` class. This is a convenient api for changing languages (within the same model) after creating class instance.
+    - Small change on text box merging. (thanks [z-pc](https://github.com/z-pc), see [PR](https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR/pull/338))
+    - [Basic Demo on website](https://www.jaided.ai/easyocr)
 - 5 January 2021 - Version 1.2.2
     - Add `optimal_num_chars` to `detect` method. If specified, bounding boxes with estimated number of characters near this value are returned first. (thanks [@adamfrees](https://github.com/adamfrees))
     - Add `rotation_info` to `readtext` method. Allow EasyOCR to rotate each text box and return the one with the best confident score. Eligible values are 90, 180 and 270. For example, try [90, 180 ,270] for all possible text orientations. (thanks [@mijoo308](https://github.com/mijoo308))

setup.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def readme():
     name='easyocr',
     packages=['easyocr'],
     include_package_data=True,
-    version='1.2.2',
+    version='1.2.3',
     install_requires=requirements,
     entry_points={"console_scripts": ["easyocr= easyocr.cli:main"]},
     license='Apache License 2.0',