check_tesseract.py

import shutil
import os
import sys

def check_tesseract():
    print("--- Tesseract Diagnostic ---")
    
    # 1. Check PATH
    path_tesseract = shutil.which("tesseract")
    
    if path_tesseract:
        print(f"✅ FOUND in PATH: {path_tesseract}")
        return
    else:
        print("❌ NOT FOUND in PATH (This current terminal session cannot see it).")
        
    # 2. Check Standard Locations
    common_paths = [
        r"C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR\tesseract.exe",
        r"C:\Program Files (x86)\Tesseract-OCR\tesseract.exe",
        r"C:\Users\vansh\AppData\Local\Tesseract-OCR\tesseract.exe"
    ]
    
    found_manual = False
    for p in common_paths:
        if os.path.exists(p):
            print(f"✅ FOUND at specific location: {p}")
            print("   (The application code is patched to use this automatically!)")
            found_manual = True
            break
            
    if not path_tesseract and not found_manual:
        print("⚠️ Tesseract executable not found in PATH or standard locations.")
        print("   Please ensure you installed it to 'C:\\Program Files\\Tesseract-OCR'")
        print("   OR restart VS Code if you just added it to PATH.")
    elif not path_tesseract and found_manual:
        print("\nSUMMARY: You are good to go! The app will find it manually.")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    check_tesseract()