OCR

Visual Novel OCR & Text Recognition for Video Games

Features

Features

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Getting started with OCR

1. Set Up and Install the OCR Engine

Before starting, make sure to set up and install one of the supported OCR engines:

• Tesseract OCR

• Windows OCR

• Google Cloud Vision

• Azure Cloud Vision

• Google Lens

• Custom - Command Line

• Custom - HTTP POST

2. Running VNTranslator

After set up and install the OCR engine, follow these steps to start using OCR:

• Select the OCR option in the launcher

• Select the OCR Engine & Language option

• Select the Output option

• Press Start button

If you're using Windows OCR or Tesseract OCR, make sure you select the correct OCR language

• If the game text is in Japanese, select the Japanese OCR language:

  • WinOCR | Japanese

  • Tesseract | Japanese (jpn.traineddata)

• If the game text is in English, select the English OCR language:

  • WinOCR | English (United Kingdom)

  • WinOCR | English (United States)

  • Tesseract | English (eng.traineddata)

3. Testing the OCR Screen Capture

After running the OCR, test if the Screen Capture is working correctly by following these steps:

• Click Pre-processing in the MenuBar

• Enable Adjustments with the Greyscale option

• Click Capture

What to Expect:

• If the capture works well, the Screen Capture will display the captured image in Black and White

• In the Pro Version, you can also preview the capture in the OCR Master window

If the Screen Capture does not work or you get an error message, refer to the Troubleshooting section

Many factors can affect OCR accuracy. Read more below:

• Understanding OCR and Improving Accuracy

• OCR Engines Comparison

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Troubleshooting

• https://docs.vntranslator.com/help/troubleshooting/ocr