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Most accurate open-source OCR for Japanese? [closed]

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From your experience, what is the most accurate open-source Optical Character Recognition (OCR) library/software to read Japanese text?

I just tried nhocr, its mistake rate is over 2% even on an extremely clean high-definition document.

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Nicolas Raoul Avatar asked Apr 01 '10 02:04

Nicolas Raoul


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Based on the lack of answers it sounds like nhocr IS the most accurate open-source OCR for Japanese.

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Peter Avatar answered Sep 26 '22 01:09

Peter