# Read text from image **URL:** \ **Category:** Advanced Ready Actions (IT Steps)\ **Tags:** workflow\ **Created:** [June 29, 2023, 6:43am UTC](https://community.automationedge.com/t/read-text-from-image/9955 "2023-06-29T06:43:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Jane](https://community.automationedge.com/u/Jane)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 6:43am UTC](https://community.automationedge.com/t/read-text-from-image/9955/1 "2023-06-29T06:43:38Z")
Hi! All I need to read text from image i.e. OCR. Please suggest if you have any plugin for the same? ---
**Author:** ![Prajakta\_Vikhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@Prajakta\_Vikhe](https://community.automationedge.com/u/Prajakta_Vikhe)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 10:56am UTC](https://community.automationedge.com/t/read-text-from-image/9955/2 "2023-06-29T10:56:46Z")
Hi Jane, You can use OCR: Tesseract plugin for the same. ---
**Author:** ![samach008](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@samach008](https://community.automationedge.com/u/samach008)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 12:13pm UTC](https://community.automationedge.com/t/read-text-from-image/9955/3 "2023-06-29T12:13:10Z")
Do we have to install and configure OCR software in order for the plugin to work? ---
**Author:** ![Prajakta\_Vikhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@Prajakta\_Vikhe](https://community.automationedge.com/u/Prajakta_Vikhe)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 4:19am UTC](https://community.automationedge.com/t/read-text-from-image/9955/4 "2023-06-30T04:19:44Z")
Hi @samach008 You can use the OCR:Tesseract plugin in Process Studio and just follow the Prerequisites mentioned in the plugin help or plugin reference guide.