Smart Accessibility Reader

A web application that helps users extract text from images, summarize content, and provides accessibility features.

Features

• 📄 Image Upload: Upload images (PNG, JPG, JPEG)
• 🔍 Text Extraction: Extract text from images using OCR
• 📝 Text Summarization: Generate summaries of extracted text
• 🔊 Text-to-Speech: Listen to extracted text and summaries
• ❓ Q&A: (Coming soon) Ask questions about the content

Setup

Prerequisites

1. Python 3.7+
2. Tesseract OCR: Required for text extraction
   • Windows: Download from GitHub
   • macOS: brew install tesseract
   • Linux: sudo apt-get install tesseract-ocr

Backend Setup

1. Install Python dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Run the Flask backend:

   python app.py

   The backend will run on http://localhost:5000

Frontend Setup

1. Navigate to the frontend directory:

   cd frontend

2. Install Node.js dependencies:

   npm install

3. Start the React development server:

   npm start

   The frontend will run on http://localhost:3000

Usage

1. Open your browser and go to http://localhost:3000
2. Upload an image containing text
3. Click "Extract Text" to extract text from the image
4. Click "Summarize" to generate a summary of the extracted text
5. Click "Listen to Text" to hear the extracted text
6. Click "Listen to Summary" to hear the summarized text

API Endpoints

• POST /api/upload - Upload an image file
• POST /api/extract - Extract text from uploaded image
• POST /api/summarize - Summarize extracted text
• POST /api/synthesize - Convert text to speech (returns audio file)

AWS Integration

The application includes AWS S3 integration for file storage. To use AWS features:

1. Configure AWS credentials via environment variables or AWS CLI
2. Update the S3 bucket name in aws_utils.py if needed

Troubleshooting

• "Tesseract not found" error: Make sure Tesseract OCR is installed and in your system PATH
• CORS errors: The backend includes CORS support, but ensure both frontend and backend are running
• File upload issues: Check that the uploads/ directory exists and has write permissions