Text recognition method and device based on user-defined universal template

The invention discloses a text recognition method and device based on a user-defined universal template. The text recognition method based on the user-defined universal template comprises the following steps of: preparing a template picture, and obtaining contents and coordinates of a plurality of reference areas and a plurality of recognition areas in the template picture; obtaining contents and coordinates of all content areas in a target picture, type of the target picture being the same as that of the template picture; correcting the target picture based on the reference areas; and determining a to-be-recognized area of the corrected target picture based on the corrected target picture and the coordinates of the recognition areas so as to recognize the content of the to-be-recognized area. With the method and the device adopted, various formatted data can be effectively processed. The method and the device have the advantages of high universality, simple principle, and convenient operation, and can accura