(-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

I think your source path should be:

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

Because in here get_string(src_path + "cont.jpg") you've concatenated the image name.