image2text.py Draft

from PIL import Image
import sys

## Example via: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28057722/algorithm-to-turn-a-large-blob-of-text-into-an-image-as-defined-by-the-image-e

def to_ascii(img,maxLen=250.0):  

    #resize to maximum line length
    width, height = img.size
    rate = maxLen / max(width, height)
    width = int(rate * width)  # cast to int
    height = int(rate * height)

    img_small = img.resize((width, height))
    pixels = img_small.load()

    string = ""        
    for h in range(height):
        for w in range(width):
            rgb = pixels[w, h]
            if rgb == 0:
                string += ' '
            else:
                string += '#'
        string += "\n"

    return string

def hashes_to_text(hash_art, text):
    output = list(hash_art)
    tidx = 0
    for idx, char in enumerate(hash_art):
        if char == '#':
            output[idx] = text[tidx%len(text)]
            tidx += 1
    return ''.join(output)


image_file = Image.open(sys.argv[1])
image_file = image_file.convert('1')  # to black/white

W = to_ascii(image_file)
W = hashes_to_text(W,open(sys.argv[2], "r").read())
print(W)