Best way to detect containers and OCR in imperfect real life images?

crackwitz
let me be rude here and ask, before I read a single word of that, whether a picture would help get your point across?

Yes, it really would, but

strantor
Hello, this is my first post.

And I thought I wasn’t allowed any attachments. But I see now that this site treats pictures differently than attachments, and I get one of those per post, so please forgive the punctuated postings to follow.

I’m trying to get from here: