Code from the 2 part tutorial :

https://www.pyimagesearch.com/2017/07/24/bank-check-ocr-with-opencv-and-python-part-i/

https://www.pyimagesearch.com/2017/07/31/bank-check-ocr-opencv-python-part-ii/

1. Install openCV, if not done

   Visit http://milq.github.io/install-opencv-ubuntu-debian/

2. Install dependencies:

   pip3 install numpy scikit-image imutils

3. Run the file

   python3 bank_check_ocr_1.py

   OR

   python3 bank_check_ocr_2.py