Errror message for py tesseract - filenotfoundexception

Question

im a noobie at python. Im trying to automate the "chimp test" on human benchmark. I decided to use tesseract.
import pyautogui as p
import pytesseract
from PIL import Image
import PIL.ImageOps
import time as t
a,b = 0,0
while a==0 and b==0:
try:
a,b = p.locateCenterOnScreen("Start.png",confidence=0.7)
except TypeError:
pass
p.click(a,b)
columns = 8
rows = 5
squareSize = 88
numbers = 4
while True:
t.sleep(1)
p.moveTo(100,100)
image = p.screenshot(region = (320, 96, columns * squareSize, rows * squareSize))
image = image.convert("L")
image = PIL.ImageOps.invert(image)
pixels = image.load()
for x in range(image.size[0]):
for y in range(image.size[1]):
if pixels[x,y] > 10:
pixels[x,y] = 255
else:
pixels[x,y] = 0
coords = [(0,0)] * numbers
grid = []
for y in range(rows):
row = []
for x in range(columns):
digit = pytesseract.image_to_string(image.crop((x * squareSize, y * squareSize, (x+1) * squareSize, (y+1) * squareSize)), config="--psm 10 --oem 2 -c tessedit_char_whitelist=0123456789 classify_max_slope=20 classify_min_slope=0.2")
digit = digit[:-2]
if digit.isdigit():
coords[int(digit)-1] = ((x+0.5)*squareSize,(y+0.5)*squareSize)
row.append(digit)
print("At " + str(x) + "," + str(y) + " pytesseract saw: " + digit)
grid.append(row)
print(grid)
for z in range(numbers):
p.click(coords[z][0]+320,coords[z][1]+96)
a,b = 0,0
while a==0 and b==0:
try:
a,b = p.locateCenterOnScreen("Continue.JPG",confidence=0.7)
except TypeError:
pass
p.click(a,b)
numbers += 1
and i get the error message
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\franc\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\pytesseract\pytesseract.py", line 254, in run_tesseract
proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd_args, **subprocess_args())
File "C:\Users\franc\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\subprocess.py", line 966, in __init__
self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
File "C:\Users\franc\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\subprocess.py", line 1435, in _execute_child
hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args,
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\franc\Desktop\New folder\New Text Document.py", line 40, in <module>
digit = pytesseract.image_to_string(image.crop((x * squareSize, y * squareSize, (x+1) * squareSize, (y+1) * squareSize)), config="--psm 10 --oem 2 -c tessedit_char_whitelist=0123456789 classify_max_slope=20 classify_min_slope=0.2")
File "C:\Users\franc\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\pytesseract\pytesseract.py", line 416, in image_to_string
return {
File "C:\Users\franc\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\pytesseract\pytesseract.py", line 419, in <lambda>
Output.STRING: lambda: run_and_get_output(*args),
File "C:\Users\franc\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\pytesseract\pytesseract.py", line 286, in run_and_get_output
run_tesseract(**kwargs)
File "C:\Users\franc\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\pytesseract\pytesseract.py", line 258, in run_tesseract
raise TesseractNotFoundError()
pytesseract.pytesseract.TesseractNotFoundError: tesseract is not installed or it's not in your PATH. See README file for more information.
ive installed tesseract correctly, i have uninstalled it, reinstalled it and used it previously too. if i could get an explanation or a fix for this that would be great. Im very new to python so im still learning the ropes