OCR Extension metod for System.Drawing.Image using MODI

ImageExtensions.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Drawing;
using System.IO;
using System.Drawing.Imaging;

namespace Extensions
{
    public static class ImageExtensions
    {
        public static string ExtractText(this Image image)
        {
            var tmpFile = Path.GetTempFileName();
            string text = null;
            try
            {
                var bmp = new Bitmap(Math.Max(image.Width, 1024), Math.Max(image.Height, 768));
                var gfxResize = Graphics.FromImage(bmp);
                gfxResize.DrawImage(image, new Rectangle(0, 0, image.Width, image.Height));
                bmp.Save(tmpFile + ".bmp", ImageFormat.Bmp);
                var doc = new MODI.Document();
                doc.Create(tmpFile + ".bmp");
                doc.OCR(MODI.MiLANGUAGES.miLANG_TURKISH, false, true);
                var img = (MODI.Image)doc.Images[0];
                var layout = img.Layout;
                text = layout.Text;
                doc.Close(false);
            }
            catch { }
            finally
            {
                File.Delete(tmpFile);
                File.Delete(tmpFile + ".bmp");
                GC.Collect();
                GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
            }

            return text;
        }
    }
}