> # UNDER CONTRUCTION
> ## Due for Release on Monday, Oct 3, 2016
# tesseract.js
Tesseract.js is a pure javascript version of the Tesseract OCR Engine that can recognize English, Chinese, Russian, and 60 other languages.
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# Installation
Tesseract.js works with a `<script>` tag via local copy or cdn, or with `npm` (if you're using webpack / browserify).
## `<script/>`
### CDN
```html
< script src = 'https://cdn.rawgit.com/naptha/tesseract.js/5ed4c0bc/dist/tesseract.js' > < / script >
< script >
var worker = createTesseractWorker('https://cdn.rawgit.com/naptha/tesseract.js/5ed4c0bc/dist/tesseract.worker.js')
worker.recognize('#my-image')
.progress(function (p) { console.log('progress', p) })
.then(function (result) { console.log('result', result) })
< / script >
```
### Local
First grab copies of `tesseract.js` and `tesseract.worker.js` from the [dist folder ](https://github.com/naptha/tesseract.js/tree/master/dist ). Then include `tesseract.js` on your page like this:
```html
< script src = '/path/to/tesseract.js' > < / script >
< script >
var worker = createTesseractWorker('/path/to/tesseract.worker.js')
worker.recognize('#my-image')
.progress(function (p) { console.log('progress', p) })
.then(function (result) { console.log('result', result) })
< / script >
```
## npm
```shell
npm install tesseract
```