Update app.py

app.py

@@ -1,31 +1,30 @@
 import streamlit as st
 from PIL import Image
 import pytesseract
+import os
 import io
 
+# Explicitly set tesseract path (only needed in hosted environments)
+pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = "/usr/bin/tesseract"
+
 st.set_page_config(page_title="OCR – Image to Text", layout="centered")
 st.title("🖼️ OCR – Image to Text")
-
 st.write("Upload a PNG, JPG or JPEG image to extract text.")
 
 uploaded_file = st.file_uploader("Choose an image file", type=["png", "jpg", "jpeg"])
+
 if uploaded_file:
     try:
-        # Read and open the image
-        img_data = uploaded_file.read()
-        image = Image.open(io.BytesIO(img_data))
-
-        # Show preview
+        # Read and display image
+        image = Image.open(io.BytesIO(uploaded_file.read()))
         st.image(image, caption="Preview", use_column_width=True)
 
-        # Extraction button
+        # Extract text on button click
         if st.button("Extract Text"):
             with st.spinner("Running OCR..."):
-                text = pytesseract.image_to_string(image)
+                extracted_text = pytesseract.image_to_string(image)
             st.subheader("Extracted Text")
-            st.text_area("", text, height=300)
-
+            st.text_area(label="", value=extracted_text, height=300)
     except Exception as e:
         st.error(f"Failed to process image: {e}")
-else:
-    st.info("Please upload an image to get started.")
+