image_to_text_mlkit 1.0.6

A Flutter package to convert images to text using Google MLKit with support for gallery, camera, and network URLs

Here’s the complete and polished README.md:

📸 Image to Text MLKit

A Flutter package that converts images to text using Google ML Kit. It supports extracting text from:

✅ Camera
✅ Gallery
✅ Network URLs

📷 Extracting Text from Camera:

🚀 Getting Started

1. Add Dependency

Add the following to your pubspec.yaml:

dependencies:
  image_to_text_mlkit: ^1.0.6

2. Install Package Run the following command:

flutter pub get

3. Import the Package

import 'package:image_to_text_mlkit/image_to_text_mlkit.dart';

📖 Usage 🖼️ Pick Image from Gallery

final imageToText = ImageToTextMLKit();
String? text = await imageToText.pickImageFromGallery();
print(text);

📸 Capture Image from Camera

String? textFromCamera = await imageToText.pickImageFromCamera();
print(textFromCamera);

🌐 Process Image from URL

String url = 'https://example.com/sample-image.jpg';
String? textFromUrl = await imageToText.processNetworkImage(url);
print(textFromUrl);

⚙️ Permissions 🟢 Android Permissions

Add the following permissions in android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
<application
    android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true"
    android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/network_security_config"
    ...

Add the following permissions in /android/app/src/main/res/xml/network_security_config.xml if you dont have create one file and add below code in xml/network_security_config.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<network-security-config>
    <domain-config cleartextTrafficPermitted="true">
        <domain includeSubdomains="true">images.template.net</domain>
    </domain-config>
</network-security-config>

Add the following permissions in android/app/build.gradle:

android {
    compileSdkVersion 34 // Or latest
    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 21
        targetSdkVersion 34
    }
}

🍎 iOS Permissions

Add the following keys to your ios/Runner/Info.plist file:

<key>NSCameraUsageDescription</key>
<string>We need camera access to capture and process images.</string>
<key>NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription</key>
<string>We need access to your photo library to select and process images.</string>
<key>NSPhotoLibraryAddUsageDescription</key>
<string>We need access to save processed images to your library.</string>

📸 Developed by

✅ VENU RENANGI
✅ SONAM GUPTA ✅ KAMNA JOSHI