// Used to get text in a image store at the location specified by the path
public static String getText(String path) {
// read a low quality image to save memory
BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
options.inSampleSize = 4;
try {
Bitmap temp_bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(path, options);
ExifInterface exif = new ExifInterface(path);
// Correct the orientation of the bitmap
temp_bitmap = ImageProcessor.correctOrientation(temp_bitmap, exif);
Bitmap bitmap = ImageProcessor.optimizeBitmap(temp_bitmap);
String recognizedText = BookSearchApp.scanPhoto(bitmap);
// remove some wrong results
if (BookSearchApp.lang.equalsIgnoreCase("eng")) {
recognizedText = recognizedText.replaceAll("[^a-zA-Z0-9]+", "");
}
recognizedText = recognizedText.trim();
return recognizedText;
} catch (IOException e) {
// if there is a error with the SD card
Log.d(TAG, "Error reading from SD Card");
e.printStackTrace();
}
return "";
}
