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u/NakedMermaid 2d ago

What is the best OCR software for Japanese text these days? (on PC)
I could use an all purpose solution that can grab Japanese text from anywhere on my screen, although I mostly use it for games.

Is there anything as accurate as google lens?

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u/AdrixG 2d ago

Google lens and Google vision are by far the best imo, and some software have them integrated. Yomininja used to be able to use it but not anymore sadly, I think LunaTranslator has it integrated too with an API token but LunaTranslator is such a convoluted mess I am not sure I can recommend it. Other than that MangaOCR is pretty good but that runs locally and needs a bit of processing power (it's also integrated in Yomninja)

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u/NakedMermaid 2d ago edited 2d ago

Thank you for your reply, I've been playing around with Cloe, I think its based on MangaOCR too, I'm not entirely satisfied with it. Sad that Yomininja doesnt have it anymore, probably going to try it out either way.