2018-09-27 21:36:23 / Posted by Connie Wisley to PDF Follow @ Connie
You are probably an anime fan, or need to translate Japanese image text to English for the purpose of business or study. Then, you need to do Japanese OCR.
The process of a Japanese OCR requires a OCR tool to recognize Japanese first, then export the file as editable document or copyable for translation. Here we include 7 outstanding programs on our list to do Japanese OCR, no matter you are working on a Mac, Windows, iOS or Android.
Thus, depending on your ultimate purpose, your pick on the OCR program will vary.
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Platform
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OCR Accuracy
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Extended Features
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Cisdem PDF Converter OCR
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MacOS
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97%
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Advanced OCR setting;
Create PDF (compress/protect PDF); |
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Readiris 17
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Windows
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97%
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Create; Annotate/Comment; Organize PDF pages; |
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Scan&Translate
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iOS
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92%
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Translate
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Yomiwa
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Android
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88%
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Build in Dictionary
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ocrconvert
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Online
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80%
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Support image and PDF OCR
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ocr.space
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Online
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80%
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Support image and PDF OCR
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i2OCR
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Online
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75~80%
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Recognize 60 languages
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Cisdem PDF Converter OCR is the most comprehensive PDF converter with OCR capability to perform conversion on PDF files. It not only builds in all the basic features that other PDF converters includes, but also offers advanced setting for accurate OCR or extended features to create/protect/compress PDFs.
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You will find the Japanese file is marked in different colorful boxes. Check if the OCR applied zone is marked properly. For illustration, if you want to export a part of the Japanese file as Tables instead of Text, mark this part with the Table box by clicking on the icon “Mark Tables”. Once ready, close the interface.
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Readiris 17 for Windows, is an intelligent PDF tool to create, convert, OCR, annotate/comment and manage PDF files. Most of users speak highly of its OCR feature, it brings accurate OCR results, supports more than 130 languages. Even when you just have a paper Japanese document in hand, you can directly put the paper file in the scanner, then connect the scanner and your computer to import the Japanese file.
While, as for the “Edit” feature, though it says it is capable of editing PDF, it cannot. As I have tried, it just allows users to convert the native or scans to Word or other editable format, then open the file in the defaulted processor for editing. That’s to say, it doesn’t allow users to edit PDF text within the program directly.
Scan&Translate from AISBERG LLC is a iOS app to recognize image text, then translate to your target language, this is extremely convenient for users who need real-time translate when travelling in Japan. All you need to do is, take a picture of the Japanese information, then scan and translate with this app, even it can read the text for a better communication.
It has an excellent support on OCR language and target translated languages:
Yomiwa, a Japanese OCR app with Dictionary, is really a great tool for users who want to study Japanese anytime and anywhere.
It can recognize text from uploaded images, from files captured under your camera, even handwritten text you input by drawing/radical search/keyboard. Once the OCR finishes, each Japanese word and Kanji will be provided with detailed information, such as pronunciation, conjugation or definition. Also, the Japanese contents can be translated into more than 10 languages.
However, Yomiwa can only translate single Japanese word or Kanji, it is not capable of translating a complete sentence. To translate the whole file, you will need to copy the text, then paste to a 3rd party translator.
At the same time, many users are still looking for some online free services to do Japanese OCR, such as i2OCR, ocrconvert, ocrspace, as showed in Google top results. Here, we are going to test and verify if these online free Japanese OCR are worth a try.
+Support 40 languages
+Upload file from computer or URL
+Support upload image or PDF
-Slow OCR processing
-Only allow exporting as Txt
-OCR accuracy 80%
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+Support 25 languages
+Create searchable PDF from files
+Support uploading image or PDF
+Upload from computer or URL
-OCR accuracy 80%
+Support more than 60 languages
+Upload image from computer or URL
+Direct to translate in Google/Bing, or edit in Google Docs
-Only support uploading images
-Only allow extracting text from image, you need to copy the text, then paste to your preferred word processor
-OCR accuracy 75~80%
According to the test results above, we noticed that the OCR accuracy of online free OCR tools is quite mediocre, which well reflect the OCR performance of existing online OCR services. Yet, this is quite understandable, free service always comes with limited features or average performance. Does this mean online free Japanese OCR is a waste? No, they are still worth a try, if:
Applications to do Japanese OCR on different devices serve for different purposes. Doing Japanese OCR on a computer, users often require high on OCR accuracy for professional work, while doing this on a mobile phone, users pursue real-time service and convenience. Therefore, choice on performing Japanese OCR differs, and the rule is, if you want high quality, you’d better try the desktop experts, they are designed to make Japanese OCR accurate and professional.
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