Image Text Extract and Translation

Overview

An application that allows a user to upload an image containing text. The text will be extracted, and translated to any selected language.

E.g. A user wants to translate a meme in Ukrainian, to English.

It is built using:

• Python Flask for the UI
• Event driven functions for the backend
• Google Cloud serverless components for hosting: i.e. Cloud Run and Cloud Functions
• Google pre-built ML APIs for the extraction and translation

Repo Structure

└── image-text-translator
    ├── docs/
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    ├── infra-tf/               - Terraform for installing infra
    |
    ├── scripts/                - For environment setup and helper scripts
    |   └── setup.sh            - Setup helper script
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    ├── app/                    - The Application
    │   ├── ui_cr/                - Browser UI (Cloud Run)
    │   │   ├── static/             - Static content for frontend
    |   |   ├── templates/          - HTML templates for frontend
    |   |   ├── app.py              - The Flask application
    |   |   ├── requirements.txt    - The UI Python requirements
    |   |   ├── Dockerfile          - Dockerfile to build the Flask container
    |   |   └── .dockerignore       - Files to ignore in Dockerfile
    |   |
    │   └── backend_gcf/          - Backend (Cloud Function)
    │       ├── main.py             - The backend CF application
    │       └── requirements.txt    - The backend CF Python requirements
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    ├── testing/
    │   └── images/
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    ├── requirements.txt          - Python requirements for project local dev
    └── README.md                 - Repo README

Walkthrough and Detailed Guide

Check out my Medium blog, where I describe:

• How the solution is architected
• Design choices and rationale
• A walkthrough of how you can do the same, end-to-end, including:
  • Dev environment setup (including Google Cloud SDK, VS Code, Cloud Code)
  • Service accounts and roles
  • Application Default Credentials (ADC)
  • The coding for the UI (Python, Flask, Jinja templates) and backend (Python)
  • How to test locally
  • How to deploy to Google Cloud (using Google Artifact Registry and Cloud Build)
• Cost management tips
• Performance tips

Todo

Some improvements I'll make soon...

• Captcha
• CI/CD
• IaC