Great choice - EasyOCR is a powerful tool for OCR (Optical Character Recognition) and works well for testing image-based CAPTCHAs in your own web app, especially basic ones like distorted text, numbers, or simple image puzzles.
Here's how to install and run EasyOCR in your Windows terminal to test your web app's CAPTCHA system.
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_ TL;DR (for the girl on the go):
> Use EasyOCR to "read" CAPTCHA images via Python and see how breakable your CAPTCHA is.
It runs in your terminal, needs Python, and works well for text-based CAPTCHA testing.
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_ Step-by-Step: EasyOCR in Terminal (Windows)
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_ Step 1: Install Python (if you haven't yet)
Go to
https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/
Make sure to check "Add Python to PATH" during installation.
Then open Command Prompt or PowerShell and check:
python --version
You should see something like: Python 3.x.x
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_ Step 2: Set Up a Virtual Environment (optional but clean)
python -m venv easyocr-env
easyocr-env\Scripts\activate
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_ Step 3: Install EasyOCR and Dependencies
pip install easyocr
pip install opencv-python
These are required to run OCR and handle images.
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