# Is it possible to search text (words) in image and audio using elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-search-text-words-in-image-and-audio-using-elasticsearch/179158>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 30, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-search-text-words-in-image-and-audio-using-elasticsearch/179158 "2019-04-30T22:13:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![kumar4](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kumar4/32/48326_2.png) [@kumar4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kumar4)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-search-text-words-in-image-and-audio-using-elasticsearch/179158/1 "2019-04-30T22:13:30Z")

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hi dears,  
i want to know if it is possible to search words in images and audio flile, any help please  
thank you very much

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 10:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-search-text-words-in-image-and-audio-using-elasticsearch/179158/2 "2019-04-30T22:48:12Z")

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Not out of the box.

You need to parse the images with OCR first or audio files with a specific tool.

For OCR you can use Tika or have a look at FSCrawler project.

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**Author:** ![kumar4](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kumar4/32/48326_2.png) [@kumar4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kumar4)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 5:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-search-text-words-in-image-and-audio-using-elasticsearch/179158/3 "2019-05-02T17:50:18Z")

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yes i am trying to instal ocr based on github tiuto, but iwant to know if i just need to put image in /temp/es and reindex all to see it ? or there is somthing else to do

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-search-text-words-in-image-and-audio-using-elasticsearch/179158/4 "2019-05-02T18:55:33Z")

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Which tuto?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-search-text-words-in-image-and-audio-using-elasticsearch/179158/5 "2019-05-30T18:55:39Z")

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