(-215:Assertion failed) !_src.empty() in function 'cv::cvtColor'

Question

I am trying to recognize text from an image to then have the text outputted; however, this error spits out:

Traceback (most recent call last):

Answer 1

The problems are this one

src_path = "C:/Users/Benji's Beast/Desktop/image.PNG"

and this one

print(get_string(src_path + "cont.jpg") )

You are appending the image input file name from image.PNG to image.PNG.cont.jpg

If your input image filename is cont.jpg and it is located on your Desktop, then try to replace your code with :

src_path = "C:\Users\Benji's Beast\Desktop\"

and

print(get_string(src_path + "cont.jpg") )