diff --git a/menti_words.py b/menti_words.py
index 4222dcb..1406bec 100644
--- a/menti_words.py
+++ b/menti_words.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import cv2 as cv
 import numpy as np
 import pydirectinput
 from nltk.corpus import words
+from pytesseract import pytesseract
+
 from utils import mse
 from game_base_class import GameBase
 import random
@@ -18,6 +20,8 @@ class MentiWords(GameBase):
     def __init__(self, overlay):
         super().__init__(overlay)
 
+        pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = r'C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR\tesseract.exe'
+
         self.observation = np.zeros((9, 9), dtype=int)
 
         self.colors = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
@@ -120,23 +124,29 @@ class MentiWords(GameBase):
 
     def get_current_board_state(self):
 
-        screenshot = cv.imread("menti_words/screenshot.jpg")
-        #screenshot = self.capture_window.get_screenshot()
+        #screenshot = cv.imread("menti_words/screenshot.jpg")
+        screenshot = self.capture_window.get_screenshot()
         screenshot = screenshot[870:1270, 1080:1480]
 
-        cv.imshow("screenshot", screenshot)
-        cv.waitKey(150)
+        #cv.imshow("screenshot", screenshot)
+        #cv.waitKey(150)
         #continue
         for needle_key in self.needles.keys():
             # gray_needle = cv.cvtColor(self.needles[needle_key], cv.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
             # thresh_needle = cv.threshold(gray_needle, 0, 255, cv.THRESH_BINARY_INV + cv.THRESH_OTSU)[1]
-            #rectangles = self.vision_stun.find(screenshot, self.needles[needle_key], 0.85, 56)
-            rectangles = self.vision_stun.find(screenshot, self.needles[needle_key], 0.95, 1 ,True, self.masks[needle_key])
+            rectangles = self.vision_stun.find(screenshot, self.needles[needle_key], 0.85, 1)
+            #rectangles = self.vision_stun.find(screenshot, self.needles[needle_key], 0.95, 1 ,True, self.masks[needle_key])
             if len(rectangles) == 0:
                 continue
-            points = self.vision_stun.get_click_points(rectangles)
-            self.current_letters.append(needle_key)
-            self.letter_coords[needle_key] = points[0]
+            cropped1 = self.vision_stun.draw_display_picture(screenshot, rectangles, 10)
+
+            text_1 = pytesseract.image_to_string(cropped1, lang='eng', config='--psm 6').strip()
+            if str.isalpha(text_1):
+                #cv.imshow("cropped1", cropped1)
+                #cv.waitKey(150)
+                points = self.vision_stun.get_click_points(rectangles)
+                self.current_letters.append(text_1)
+                self.letter_coords[text_1] = points[0]
             if self.overlay.run_mode == 'stopped' or self.overlay.run_mode == 'paused':
                 return
 
diff --git a/vision.py b/vision.py
index 865958b..e6835c2 100644
--- a/vision.py
+++ b/vision.py
@@ -246,11 +246,11 @@ class Vision:
 
         return haystack_img
 
-    def draw_display_picture(self, haystack_img, rectangles):
+    def draw_display_picture(self, haystack_img, rectangles, border = 0):
 
         pic = None
         for (x, y, w, h) in rectangles:
-            pic = haystack_img[y:y + h, x:x + w]
+            pic = haystack_img[y-border:y + h +border, x-border:x + w + border]
 
         # scale_percent = 500  # percent of original size
         # width = int(pic.shape[1] * scale_percent / 100)