Tesseract: Tesseract 4.0 crash with Capture2Text_CLI

Created on 30 Oct 2020  Β·  5Comments  Β·  Source: tesseract-ocr/tesseract

I'm new to this issue tracker, this is my first bug report here, I'm not a Tesseract expert, rather reporting only as an user...appologies if my bug report will turn out to be:

Before you submit an issue, please review the guidelines for this repository.

Reviewed, I hope I haven't missed anything.

Please report an issue only for a BUG, not for asking questions.

Crash is definately a bug.

Note that it will be much easier for us to fix the issue if a test case that
reproduces the problem is provided. Ideally this test case should not have any
external dependencies.

Provide a copy of the image or link to files for the test case.

Unfortunately unable to provide the image, I run Capture2Text_CLI.exe in a batch script processing random images,
a screenshoot is created, then it's ocr'ed, then it's being overwritten with a new screenshoot and so on,
somehow my script overwrites the last screenshoot... I've noticed it just crashes randomly / occasionaly with a frequency of once every several hundred images...it's kinda annoying.

Environment

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400, 2 GB RAM

  • Tesseract Version: 4.00

  • Commit Number:
    tesseract400.dll
    size: 3,03 MB (bajtΓ³w: 3Β 186Β 688)
    modified: β€Ž15 β€ŽpaΕΊdziernika β€Ž2017, β€β€Ž21:07:14
    CRC-32: cfee53ce
    MD4: ed0e5c6df0c73adadbf8d4bc1aa47109
    MD5: f7e91c4f7916aa559958ca5503e872be
    SHA-1: 885187dc642feb9d8e4c382617b42c498594de93

  • Platform:
    Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64bit 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
    Capture2Text_CLI.exe start /min Capture2Text_CLI.exe -i screenshoot.png -l Polish --clipboard
    http://capture2text.sourceforge.net/
    https://sourceforge.net/p/capture2text/tickets/search/?q=crash
    size: 204 KB (bajtΓ³w: 209Β 408)
    modified: β€Ž11 β€Žsierpnia β€Ž2019, β€β€Ž00:31:25
    CRC-32: 836bad33
    MD4: 31d909b760804405d436dc5e4911abc7
    MD5: 2f4392dbef15eeed99c8efd23e153ed0
    SHA-1: b9976ae1bc745b7f7f5db5592ff104da7a4b705e

Current Behavior:

It just crashes randomly / occasionaly with a frequency of once every several hundred images:
blob_count <= 512:Error:Assert failed:in file E:\Dev\cpp\Tess4\tesseract\ccmain\fixspace.cpp, line 696

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Expected Behavior:

No crashing.

Suggested Fix:

Don't have a clue, as I'm not a Tesseract expert, rather reporting only as an user...

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Please respect guidelines for posting issue: we do not provide support for 3rd party projects.
You have to reproduce your problem with resent version of tesseract executable and provide input image for reproducing error.

zdenop picture zdenop on 30 Oct 2020
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@garry-ut99, please use also software based on a supported release of Tesseract – 4.1.1 or newer.

stweil picture stweil on 30 Oct 2020

zdenop : Please respect guidelines for posting issue:

  • I have been actually trying to respect them, don't you see? Or you just trolling me?
  • but it seems I have failed, as human beings make mistakes

  • however it works vice-versa as well, if you want me to respect your rules, please try to respect my rules as well:

  • garry-ut99 : I'm new to this issue tracker

  • > garry-ut99 : this is my first bug report here,
  • > garry-ut99 : I'm not a Tesseract expert
  • > garry-ut99 : rather reporting only as an user
  • > garry-ut99 : appologies if my bug report will turn out to be:
  • > garry-ut99 : - a duplicate as I'm unable to determine whether any of these: https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/issues?q=is%3Aissue+in%3Atitle+crash crashes are related / similiar...
  • > garry-ut99 : - a Capture2Text_CLI's bug rather than a Tesseract's bug as I'm not sure whether this is a Tesseract's bug or Capture2Text_CLI's bug, hence not sure whether this is a proper issue tracker, the other one is here: https://sourceforge.net/p/capture2text/tickets/search/?q=crash, unfortunately I don't have an account on Sourceforge nor I'm gonna create one... (I'm stick / limited to Github).

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zdenop : we do not provide support for 3rd party projects.

Fine, but why manipulating Contributing's rules, it's rude...there is no such info..., I've found this only:

Contributing: For external programs that use Tesseract (including wrappers and your own program, if you are developer),

I've explained already that:

  • > garry-ut99 : I'm not sure whether this is a Tesseract's bug or Capture2Text_CLI's bug, hence not sure whether this is a proper issue tracker,

Contributing: report the issue to the developers of that software if it's possible.

I've explained that as well:

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zdenop : provide input image for reproducing error.

Again rude, as I've explained that as well:

  • > garry-ut99 : Unfortunately unable to provide the image, I run Capture2Text_CLI.exe in a batch script processing random images, a screenshoot is created, then it's ocr'ed, then it's being overwritten with a new screenshoot and so on,somehow my script overwrites the last screenshoot...

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Contributing : Only report an issue in the latest official release. Optionally, try to check if the issue is not already solved in the latest snapshot in the git repository.
zdenop : You have to reproduce your problem with resent version of tesseract executable
stweil : @garry-ut99, please use also software based on a supported release of Tesseract – 4.1.1 or newer.

Yeah, that's where I've failed, it seems I've misread that, despite trying to not miss anything:

Template : Before you submit an issue, please review the guidelines for this repository.

garry-ut99 : Reviewed, I hope I haven't missed anything.

  • I have reviewed, I have been hoping I have been not missing anything,
  • but I've failed because it's a massive wall of text
  • also my rules / points at the beginning of my post prove it can be hard for a Tesseract begginer / user to respect all of the rules.
  • also I have been apologising in advance at the beginning of my initial post
  • human beings make mistakes, especially when they are not Tesseract experts

In this situation, it is rude to say:

zdenop : "Please respect"

Because it sounds like typical bitching and suggests insolently as if I haven't been trying to follow them at all, while the true is I have been trying as much as I could to not miss anything.

The whole zdenop's comment was rude and unfriendly:

  • I have spent several years already on github (on many other nicks) and have been contributing to many repositories to realise how rude some of developers are...
  • I am allergic to such admins, once I meet such rude admin, I evacuate from the repo immediately, I avoid toxic people, so I'm not going to contribute here anymore

You or anyone now can prove that you are far more rude than you actually are, by hidding my comment with some stupid reason like "spam" "off-topic" or "disrupting", I have meet such abusive / trollish behaviour many times in the past, have fun with pressing buttons in the admin panel, keep hiding the truth. I feel bad in this place, Good bye...

garry-ut99 picture garry-ut99 on 30 Oct 2020
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@garry-ut99, there is only a handful of volunteers which try to solve the issues, but there are thousands of users who use Tesseract. If we would not apply strict rules for the issues which we accept, any development of Tesseract would stop because we'd be drained by issues without being able to act.

Some basic rules are these:

  • Ask on the user forum first.
  • Don't report problems with third party software.
  • Use supported Tesseract releases and don't report issues for unsupported old releases.

Maybe you did not note it, but I tried to help you. Your reply was not nice.

stweil picture stweil on 30 Oct 2020

@stweil

I'm aware of what you just have written, but it would be good if you have been aware of what I have written as well: I have been trying to respect all rules, but it is not easy to do so in such big project for a novice user..human beings make mistakes...so it's about atmosphere and to not bitch novice users on mistakes...

stweil : Maybe you did not note it, but I tried to help you. Your reply was not nice.

Not true, I appreciate your help, maybe you did not note it but I have been not talking to you nor about you, nor mentioning your nickname (just one time , not in a negative context)...my whole comment has been addressed to zdenop only, so please stop manipluating the truth...or try to read carefully, see... it seems you have failed to understand who is the recipient of my comment, just like I have failed to understand some rules in the Guidelines...but I'm not going to bitch you for that...

garry-ut99 picture garry-ut99 on 30 Oct 2020
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