Include OpenCV/NumPy documentation example

madmaze · Jan 8, 2018 · 8f8ade1 · 8f8ade1
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diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
@@ -31,6 +31,17 @@ USAGE
     print(pytesseract.image_to_string(Image.open('test.png')))
     print(pytesseract.image_to_string(Image.open('test-european.jpg'), lang='fra'))
 
+Support for OpenCV image/NumPy array objects
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    import cv2
+
+    img = cv2.imread('/**path_to_image**/digits.png')
+    print(pytesseract.image_to_string(img))
+    # OR explicit beforehand converting
+    print(pytesseract.image_to_string(Image.fromarray(img))
+
 Add the following config, if you have tessdata error like: "Error opening data file..."
 
 .. code-block:: python