code: def get_version(self):
          
  
          ptr = self._get_version_func(self.alpr_pointer)
          version_number = ctypes.cast(ptr, ctypes.c_char_p).value
          version_number = _convert_from_charp(version_number)
          self._free_json_mem_func(ctypes.c_void_p(ptr))
          return version_number
docs: This gets the version of OpenALPR
  
          :return: Version information