# How can I get the image recognizer to read text from an image?
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-i-get-the-image-recognizer-to-read-text-from-an-image/192610
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Tags:** ocr
**Created:** [August 22, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-i-get-the-image-recognizer-to-read-text-from-an-image/192610 "2019-08-22T18:57:45Z")
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### Author:  [@vballlibero10j2u5](https://community.thunkable.com/u/vballlibero10j2u5)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-i-get-the-image-recognizer-to-read-text-from-an-image/192610/1 "2019-08-22T18:57:46Z")
Help! I’m trying to create an app that will read and recognize certain words in a food label so I can easily see if the food contains something that I can’t eat. How do I get the image recognizer option to allow the label to display text from an image instead of just describing what the image is (i.e. hand holding a box).
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### Author:  [@angelshce22](https://community.thunkable.com/u/angelshce22)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-i-get-the-image-recognizer-to-read-text-from-an-image/192610/2 "2019-08-22T19:01:13Z")
u have tags and description , u can use that tags for u what u want , for example ,
in the description will say hand holding a box
The tags : hand,box,table, etc etc
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### Author:  [@vballlibero10j2u5](https://community.thunkable.com/u/vballlibero10j2u5)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-i-get-the-image-recognizer-to-read-text-from-an-image/192610/3 "2019-08-22T19:07:45Z")
I’ve tried that but the tags still come up as describing the picture. I want it to be able to read/recognize the words in the picture. Is there a way I can do that?
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### Author:  [@angelshce22](https://community.thunkable.com/u/angelshce22)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-i-get-the-image-recognizer-to-read-text-from-an-image/192610/4 "2019-08-22T19:10:37Z")
for that the best solutions its OCR but i dont know if thunkablex have that
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### Author:  [@angelshce22](https://community.thunkable.com/u/angelshce22)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2019, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-i-get-the-image-recognizer-to-read-text-from-an-image/192610/5 "2019-08-22T19:12:41Z")
Or u can use , google vision api whit json , its very easy , But need to have a account on google cloud
[https://cloud.google.com/vision/docs/ocr](https://cloud.google.com/vision/docs/ocr)
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### Author:  [@sim2kuk97atop](https://community.thunkable.com/u/sim2kuk97atop)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-i-get-the-image-recognizer-to-read-text-from-an-image/192610/6 "2021-08-19T23:19:21Z")
Care to share exactly how your blocks worked to get an image to google OCR?
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### Author:  [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-i-get-the-image-recognizer-to-read-text-from-an-image/192610/7 "2024-11-08T12:11:50Z")