Hi all,
capture2text was not very suitable for manga reading, so I made better alternative:
Advantages over capture2text:
Automatic text extraction, just one click to read. No precise and annoying selections needed.
Can read bubbles of complex shape.
Significant text processing to remove common OCR mistakes and adjust uppercase/lowercase characters where other OCR software fails.
Image binarization includes upscaling.
It can sometimes read images that cannot be read manually.
Text output is usually good enough for automated translation.
Software is currently in very early version so memory leaks are likely and interface is messy.
Usage:
Just unzip anywhere, run and right click in the bubble you want to read.
You have to click on white space inside the text bubble somewhere close to the center !
within a second you will have text in the clipboard for further processing
Application will press ESC button to cancel right mouse click menu which pops when you click, so you cant use right button for original purpose.
If you are reading bad quality source you may have to adjust threshold slider to get better binarization results.
If characters are improperly detected you can try to shrink or zoom source and click again zooming improves recognition accuracy, shrinking improves character detection
Application can be downloaded here:
http://d-h.st/aJev
Since it is in early development I need feedback and suggestions what can be improved.
Also I need better name for my application.
Further development will be mostly focused on more advanced text extraction to make it possible to read text which is embedded directly into image.
Also this is starting point for manga editing application to automate manga translation which will automatically clean and replace Japanese text with English
capture2text was not very suitable for manga reading, so I made better alternative:
Advantages over capture2text:
Automatic text extraction, just one click to read. No precise and annoying selections needed.
Can read bubbles of complex shape.
Significant text processing to remove common OCR mistakes and adjust uppercase/lowercase characters where other OCR software fails.
Image binarization includes upscaling.
It can sometimes read images that cannot be read manually.
Text output is usually good enough for automated translation.
Software is currently in very early version so memory leaks are likely and interface is messy.
Usage:
Just unzip anywhere, run and right click in the bubble you want to read.
You have to click on white space inside the text bubble somewhere close to the center !
within a second you will have text in the clipboard for further processing
Application will press ESC button to cancel right mouse click menu which pops when you click, so you cant use right button for original purpose.
If you are reading bad quality source you may have to adjust threshold slider to get better binarization results.
If characters are improperly detected you can try to shrink or zoom source and click again zooming improves recognition accuracy, shrinking improves character detection
Application can be downloaded here:
http://d-h.st/aJev
Since it is in early development I need feedback and suggestions what can be improved.
Also I need better name for my application.
Further development will be mostly focused on more advanced text extraction to make it possible to read text which is embedded directly into image.
Also this is starting point for manga editing application to automate manga translation which will automatically clean and replace Japanese text with English
Edited: 2016-01-15, 12:42 pm