diff --git a/src/openalpr/CMakeLists.txt b/src/openalpr/CMakeLists.txt
index d979f90..9ca6c59 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/openalpr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ set(lpr_source_files
  segmentation/verticalhistogram.cpp
  platecorners.cpp
  colorfilter.cpp
- characteranalysis.cpp
+ textdetection/characteranalysis.cpp
+ textdetection/characteranalysis2l.cpp
  pipeline_data.cpp
  trex.c
  cjson.c
diff --git a/src/openalpr/characterregion.h b/src/openalpr/characterregion.h
index 1890fe9..94a1d90 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/characterregion.h
+++ b/src/openalpr/characterregion.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include "opencv2/imgproc/imgproc.hpp"
 #include "constants.h"
 #include "utility.h"
-#include "characteranalysis.h"
+#include "textdetection/characteranalysis.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "pipeline_data.h"
 
diff --git a/src/openalpr/characteranalysis.cpp b/src/openalpr/textdetection/characteranalysis.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from src/openalpr/characteranalysis.cpp
rename to src/openalpr/textdetection/characteranalysis.cpp
diff --git a/src/openalpr/characteranalysis.h b/src/openalpr/textdetection/characteranalysis.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/openalpr/characteranalysis.h
rename to src/openalpr/textdetection/characteranalysis.h
diff --git a/src/openalpr/textdetection/characteranalysis2l.cpp b/src/openalpr/textdetection/characteranalysis2l.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bfc957
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/openalpr/textdetection/characteranalysis2l.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 New Designs Unlimited, LLC
+ * Opensource Automated License Plate Recognition [http://www.openalpr.com]
+ *
+ * This file is part of OpenAlpr.
+ *
+ * OpenAlpr is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#include "characteranalysis2l.h"
+
+using namespace cv;
+using namespace std;
+
+CharacterAnalysis2L::CharacterAnalysis2L(PipelineData* pipeline_data) {
+  this->pipeline_data = pipeline_data;
+}
+
+
+CharacterAnalysis2L::~CharacterAnalysis2L() {
+}
+
+void CharacterAnalysis2L::analyze() {
+
+  pipeline_data->clearThresholds();
+  pipeline_data->thresholds = produceThresholds(pipeline_data->crop_gray, pipeline_data->config);
+
+  std::vector<std::vector<std::vector<cv::Point> > > allContours;
+  std::vector<std::vector<cv::Vec4i> > allHierarchy;
+
+  timespec startTime;
+  getTime(&startTime);
+
+  for (uint i = 0; i < pipeline_data->thresholds.size(); i++)
+  {
+    vector<vector<Point> > contours;
+    vector<Vec4i> hierarchy;
+
+    Mat tempThreshold(pipeline_data->thresholds[i].size(), CV_8U);
+    pipeline_data->thresholds[i].copyTo(tempThreshold);
+    findContours(tempThreshold,
+                 contours, // a vector of contours
+                 hierarchy,
+                 CV_RETR_TREE, // retrieve all contours
+                 CV_CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE ); // all pixels of each contours
+
+    allContours.push_back(contours);
+    allHierarchy.push_back(hierarchy);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/openalpr/textdetection/characteranalysis2l.h b/src/openalpr/textdetection/characteranalysis2l.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9efdb26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/openalpr/textdetection/characteranalysis2l.h
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 New Designs Unlimited, LLC
+ * Opensource Automated License Plate Recognition [http://www.openalpr.com]
+ *
+ * This file is part of OpenAlpr.
+ *
+ * OpenAlpr is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#ifndef OPENALPR_CHARACTERANALYSIS2L_H
+#define	OPENALPR_CHARACTERANALYSIS2L_H
+
+#include "utility.h"
+#include "config.h"
+#include "pipeline_data.h"
+
+class CharacterAnalysis2L {
+public:
+  CharacterAnalysis2L(PipelineData* pipeline_data);
+  virtual ~CharacterAnalysis2L();
+private:
+
+  PipelineData* pipeline_data;
+  void analyze();
+};
+
+#endif	/* OPENALPR_CHARACTERANALYSIS2L_H */
+