Update _hocr.py

2025-03-08 07:37:37 -05:00
parent 7b2dd892e5
commit 0970cebfea
1 changed files with 5 additions and 1 deletions
@@ -263,9 +263,13 @@ class HocrTransform:

    def _get_text_direction(self, par):
        """Get the text direction of the paragraph.
-
+    
        Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, are right-to-left languages.
+        When the paragraph element is None, defaults to left-to-right.
        """
+        if par is None:
+            return TextDirection.LTR
+            
        return (
            TextDirection.RTL
            if par.attrib.get('dir', 'ltr') == 'rtl'