diff --git a/example/pubspec.lock b/example/pubspec.lock
index dd35c3f..f5b00d2 100644
--- a/example/pubspec.lock
+++ b/example/pubspec.lock
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ packages:
       path: ".."
       relative: true
     source: path
-    version: "2.2.0"
+    version: "2.2.1"
   flutter_test:
     dependency: "direct dev"
     description: flutter
diff --git a/lib/flutter_scalable_ocr.dart b/lib/flutter_scalable_ocr.dart
index 1196c13..c561679 100644
--- a/lib/flutter_scalable_ocr.dart
+++ b/lib/flutter_scalable_ocr.dart
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ library flutter_scalable_ocr;
 
 import 'dart:developer';
 import 'dart:io';
+import 'dart:convert';
 
 import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
@@ -23,7 +24,8 @@ class ScalableOCR extends StatefulWidget {
       this.paintboxCustom,
       this.cameraSelection = 0,
       this.torchOn,
-      this.lockCamera = true})
+      this.lockCamera = true,
+      this.getImageBase64})
       : super(key: key);
 
   /// Offset on recalculated image left
@@ -59,6 +61,9 @@ class ScalableOCR extends StatefulWidget {
   /// Lock camera orientation
   final bool lockCamera;
 
+  /// Function to get base64 image on demand
+  final Function(Future<String> Function())? getImageBase64;
+
   @override
   ScalableOCRState createState() => ScalableOCRState();
 }
@@ -88,6 +93,9 @@ class ScalableOCRState extends State<ScalableOCR> {
   @override
   void initState() {
     super.initState();
+    if (widget.getImageBase64 != null) {
+      widget.getImageBase64!(getImageBase64);
+    }
     startLiveFeed();
   }
 
@@ -275,16 +283,19 @@ class ScalableOCRState extends State<ScalableOCR> {
     if (Platform.isIOS) {
       imageRotation = InputImageRotationValue.fromRawValue(sensorOrientation);
     } else if (Platform.isAndroid) {
-      var rotationCompensation = _orientations[_controller!.value.deviceOrientation];
+      var rotationCompensation =
+          _orientations[_controller!.value.deviceOrientation];
       if (rotationCompensation == null) return null;
       if (camera.lensDirection == CameraLensDirection.front) {
         // front-facing
         rotationCompensation = (sensorOrientation + rotationCompensation) % 360;
       } else {
         // back-facing
-        rotationCompensation = (sensorOrientation - rotationCompensation + 360) % 360;
+        rotationCompensation =
+            (sensorOrientation - rotationCompensation + 360) % 360;
       }
-      imageRotation = InputImageRotationValue.fromRawValue(rotationCompensation);
+      imageRotation =
+          InputImageRotationValue.fromRawValue(rotationCompensation);
     }
     if (imageRotation == null) return null;
 
@@ -296,7 +307,8 @@ class ScalableOCRState extends State<ScalableOCR> {
     // * bgra8888 for iOS
     if (imageFormat == null ||
         (Platform.isAndroid && imageFormat != InputImageFormat.nv21) ||
-        (Platform.isIOS && imageFormat != InputImageFormat.bgra8888)) return null;
+        (Platform.isIOS && imageFormat != InputImageFormat.bgra8888))
+      return null;
 
     // since format is constraint to nv21 or bgra8888, both only have one plane
     if (image.planes.length != 1) return null;
@@ -400,4 +412,14 @@ class ScalableOCRState extends State<ScalableOCR> {
       }
     });
   }
+
+  Future<String> getImageBase64() async {
+    if (_controller == null) {
+      throw Exception('Camera controller is not initialized');
+    }
+
+    final image = await _controller!.takePicture();
+    final bytes = await image.readAsBytes();
+    return base64Encode(bytes);
+  }
 }