Extracting text from an application's user interface with OCR

You can extract text from an application's user interface (UI) through OCR using the Get Control Text by OCR (ocr) command. The following procedure show you how.

Getting texts from a UI control

  1. Log in to IBM RPA Studio.
  2. Create a new script, or open an existing script.
  3. Open, and attach the application which you want to obtain the text from.
  4. Add the Get Control Text by OCR (ocr) command on your script.
  5. In the Language parameter, select the language of the text to be obtained.
  6. In the OCR provider parameter, select the desired OCR provider.
  7. In the Selector parameter, select the type of control selector.
  8. Depending the type of control selected, set the proper value.