wizarddocx

Wizard Docx

WizardDocx is a Python library focused on text extraction from Microsoft Word documents.
It parses Word documents natively and can apply local OCR with Tesseract for embedded images or scanned pages inside 'docx'.
Legacy .doc is supported in read-only mode without OCR.

Contents

• Installation
• Quick start
• Text extraction
• License
• Resources

Installation

Requires Python 3.9+.

pip install wizarddocx

For OCR capabilities, ensure you have Tesseract installed on your system.

Quick start

import wizarddocx as wd

text = wd.extract_text("example.docx")
print(text)

Text extraction

Parameters

• input_data: [str, bytes, Path]
• extension: The file extension, required only if input_data is bytes.
• pages: page selection for .docx.
  • Examples: 1, "1-3", [1, 3, "5-8"]
• ocr: Enables OCR using Tesseract. Applies to DOCX and image-based files no for doc.
• language_ocr: Language code for OCR. Defaults to 'eng'.

Examples

Basic:

import wizarddocx as wd

txt = wd.extract_text("docs/report.docx")

From bytes:

from pathlib import Path
import wizarddocx as wd

raw = Path("img.docx").read_bytes()
txt_img = wd.extract_text(raw, extension="docx")

Paged selection and OCR:

import wizarddocx as wd

sel = wd.extract_text("docs/big.docx", pages=[1, 3, "5-7"])
ocr_txt = wd.extract_text("scan.docx", ocr=True, language_ocr="ita")

Supported Formats

Format	OCR Option
DOC	Not available
DOCX	Optional

License

AGPL-3.0-or-later.

RESOURCES

• GitHub Repository
• Documentation
• PyPI Package

Contact & Author

Author: Mattia Rubino
Email: [e-mail]