amandagmu Posted September 27, 2009 at 06:25 AM Report Share Posted September 27, 2009 at 06:25 AM What's the best out there these days for Chinese characters? Also, I have a bunch of PDFs I already scanned in... do I need to convert them to images to run through OCR? Basically, I want readable text in the end (even if I have to check things), goal being I can quickly look up characters by copying and pasting into online dictionaries and translators. ReadIris 12 for Asian languages looks pretty nifty but it's $199 without a decent demo. Anyone have an opinion? Thanks! Amanda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gato Posted September 27, 2009 at 06:36 AM Report Share Posted September 27, 2009 at 06:36 AM Haven't used OCR for a long time, but did try 紫光 OCR a few years and it worked pretty well. The thread below says that Hanwang's OCR has the best recognition rate, which seems credible since Hanwang makes the leading handwriting recognition software (it's the engine used in Pleco). http://www.51nb.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=641158 请教中文的OCR软件哪个最好？ http://dl.pconline.com.cn/download/54490.html 汉王 PDF OCR 8.1 简体中文版 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chalimac Posted September 27, 2009 at 09:26 AM Report Share Posted September 27, 2009 at 09:26 AM I have checked ReadIris 11 with asian add-on and it works well. But with small characters there are always mistakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipLean Posted September 28, 2009 at 03:49 AM Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 at 03:49 AM (edited) I recently tried a demo of Finereader for Chinese - the result was not good. ReadIris do not release a demo of their Asian languages ocr but you can contact one of the reseller shops and send them some samples to OCR, the turn around is about 24 hours. http://www.scanstore.com/Users/New_User.asp?LiveSupport=ON they advise - "Please scan at 300 dpi, in Black & White and to TIF or PDF" ReadIris did a reasonable job (30% accuracy) on some very difficult - poorly scanned text - I am looking for a better scanned copy of that text before I try again. It should do much better on good quality scans. Send them your samples and see what they can do. Please let us know. I have not bought an ORC program yet but I plan to in a few months, so I am still looking. Edited September 28, 2009 at 03:55 AM by PhilipLean added more detail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted September 28, 2009 at 04:20 AM Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 at 04:20 AM If you're living in China the other alternative is find a student and pay them 10 rmb an hour to type everything up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amandagmu Posted September 28, 2009 at 04:52 AM Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 at 04:52 AM Thanks everyone! Not living in China... rates in Northern California are slightly higher, ha. Anyways, will let you know what works best soon, I hope! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABCinChina Posted October 2, 2009 at 11:16 PM Report Share Posted October 2, 2009 at 11:16 PM I had readiris and it did not work that great at all for me. I've personally given up on Chinese OCR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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