Free Japanese OCR - belated Christmas present
Michael Hendry
Just the other day, I stumbled upon the following free Japanese OCR program,
called SmartOCR Lite Edition, which I'd like to pass on to everyone in the
gift-giving spirit of the season.
http://www.4shared.com/dir/1006463/575b200b/public.html
It looks like the developer is no longer in business, but the freeware
program is still available (for the time being) from the above site. I
understand, it's designed for Windows XP SP2 or later and needs Microsoft
.Net Framework v.1.1. I've used it on a PC under these conditions and can
vouch for it working. Results are まちまち (I've had excellent and horrible
results), but it has a learning function that might improve reading after
time. I read one comment on the Web that version 106 is better than 107, but
I haven't found that difference yet myself.
So Merry Xmas and Happy New Year.
Michael Hendry, in Nagano Japan