Accessing the OCR Training Interface

You can access the NI OCR Training Interface from the Start menu or from within NI Vision Assistant or NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection (Vision Builder AI).

From the Start Menu

Complete the following steps to launch the OCR Training Interface from the Start menu and open an image from which you want to read characters.

1. Click Start»All Programs»National Instruments»Vision»OCR Training.
2. Click File»Open Images, and navigate to the file that contains the image or images from which you want to read characters. You can select multiple image files by pressing the <Ctrl> key and clicking each file. You also can enable the Select all files checkbox to open all images in the directory you specified.
3. Click Open to open the image or images.

From Vision Assistant

For your convenience, the OCR Training Interface opens from Vision Assistant in a wizard to guide you through the creation of a new template. Complete the following steps to launch the OCR Training Interface wizard in Vision Assistant.

1. Click File»Open Image, and navigate to the file that contains the image or images from which you want to read characters. You can select multiple image files by pressing the <Ctrl> key and clicking each file. You also can enable the Select all files checkbox to open all images in the directory you specified.
2. Click Open or double-click the image file name to open the file.
3. Click Identification»OCR/OCV, or click OCR/OCV in the Identification tab of the Processing Functions palette, to access the OCR/OCV Setup panel.
4. Click New Character Set File in the Main tab of the OCR/OCV Setup panel.

From Vision Builder AI

The OCR Training Interface opens from Vision Builder AI in a wizard to guide you through the creation of a new template. Complete the following steps to launch the OCR Training Interface wizard in Vision Builder AI.

1. Acquire, or simulate the acquisition of, an image that contains the characters you want to read. Refer to the Vision Builder for Automated Inspection: Configuration Help for information about acquiring images or simulating acquisitions.
2. In the Identify Parts tab of the Inspection Steps palette, click Read/Verify Text.
3. Select the Mode tab on the Read/Verify Text Setup panel, and Click New Character Set File.