Requirements:

1. Visual Studio Express (possibly)
2. Python=3.8

Links:

1. Dlib installation error? [duplicate]
2. Install OpenCV 3 and Dlib on Windows ( Python only )

1. Software Installation (Mac on Apple Metal M1) <-- preferred mode (Thanks to Jeff Heaton)
2. Installing dlib on macos for python

Steps:

1. Follow the steps in the 1st link above to install tensorflow, metal, keras
2. Install dlib: pip install dlib
3. Install face_recognition: pip install face_recognition
4. Install opencv-python: pip install opencv-python
5. Install opencv-contrib-python: pip install opencv-contrib-python
6. Install tesseract: brew install tesseract
7. Install ffmpeg: brew install ffmpeg

1. install miniconda from here
2. create new environment: conda create -n face_recognition python=3.8
3. activate environment: conda activate face_recognition
4. install cmake: sudo apt install cmake
5. install build-essentials etc: sudo apt install build-essential cmake pkg-config
6. download and build dlib from this link and following this instructions
7. install cv2: pip install opencv-python
8. install face_recognition: pip install face_recognition
9. install tensorflow: conda install tensorflow
10. install keras: conda install keras

1. opencv-python

1. Windows Installation Tutorial #175
2. Face Recognition