I’m new to python and coding, and I am writing a piece of code to take a look at a ruler’s numbers using pytesseract. Here’s a short snippet of code including everything relevant to my issue:

import pytesseract as tess 

*#Pytesseract is highlighted as something that hasn't properly been imported*

raw_ruler = print(tess.image_to_string(gray_test_image)) #Assume gray_test_image is a processed photo

lines = raw_ruler.strip().split('n')
numbers = [int(line) for line in lines]

first_number = numbers[0]

inch_range = last_number - first_number


image_width_pixels = 4240 

ppi_width = image_width_pixels/inch_range
pixel_range = ppi_width * inch_range

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FileNotFoundError                         Traceback (most recent call last)
File /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pytesseract/pytesseract.py:255, in run_tesseract(input_filename, output_filename_base, extension, lang, config, nice, timeout)
    254 try:
--> 255     proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd_args, **subprocess_args())
    256 except OSError as e:

File /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/subprocess.py:1026, in Popen.__init__(self, args, bufsize, executable, stdin, stdout, stderr, preexec_fn, close_fds, shell, cwd, env, universal_newlines, startupinfo, creationflags, restore_signals, start_new_session, pass_fds, user, group, extra_groups, encoding, errors, text, umask, pipesize, process_group)
   1023             self.stderr = io.TextIOWrapper(self.stderr,
   1024                     encoding=encoding, errors=errors)
-> 1026     self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
   1027                         pass_fds, cwd, env,
   1028                         startupinfo, creationflags, shell,
   1029                         p2cread, p2cwrite,
   1030                         c2pread, c2pwrite,
   1031                         errread, errwrite,
   1032                         restore_signals,
   1033                         gid, gids, uid, umask,
   1034                         start_new_session, process_group)
   1035 except:
   1036     # Cleanup if the child failed starting.

File /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/subprocess.py:1955, in Popen._execute_child(self, args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds, pass_fds, cwd, env, startupinfo, creationflags, shell, p2cread, p2cwrite, c2pread, c2pwrite, errread, errwrite, restore_signals, gid, gids, uid, umask, start_new_session, process_group)
   1954 if err_filename is not None:
-> 1955     raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename)
...
--> 260         raise TesseractNotFoundError()
    262 with timeout_manager(proc, timeout) as error_string:
    263     if proc.returncode:

TesseractNotFoundError: tesseract is not installed or it's not in your PATH. See README file for more information.

I have verified that pytesseract is installed via homebrew:

$ brew reinstall tesseract
==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/tesseract/manifests/5.4.1
Already downloaded: /Users/4494177/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/90a14ece96dee96d869e7eb9be23351b2da94395dbf347f386a130f23cfe1ac8--tesseract-5.4.1.bottle_manifest.json
==> Fetching tesseract
==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/tesseract/blobs/sha256:41f0427b
Already downloaded: /Users/4494177/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/253884c99fb6de00e50b5d6e48e23e3545556f09d9e2f05eea46a090164375c8--tesseract--5.4.1.arm64_sonoma.bottle.tar.gz
==> Reinstalling tesseract 
==> Pouring tesseract--5.4.1.arm64_sonoma.bottle.tar.gz
==> Caveats
This formula contains only the "eng", "osd", and "snum" language data files.
If you need any other supported languages, run `brew install tesseract-lang`.
==> Summary
????  /opt/homebrew/Cellar/tesseract/5.4.1: 75 files, 33MB
==> Running `brew cleanup tesseract`...
Disable this behaviour by setting HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP.
Hide these hints with HOMEBREW_NO_ENV_HINTS (see `man brew`).

I’ve been stuck with this issue for a while, and help would be greatly appreciated!

I’ve tried looking at the path, and have had trouble knowing exactly what that means, I’ve looked up how to verify it via command terminal, and sometimes I get positive results, other times nothing is outputted.