The Best Japanese OCR Program for PDF or Image 2019 (Online & Offline)

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As you can learn from above, when we need to convert a scanned PDF or Image in Japanese, for the purpose of making the contents copyable, editable even translatable, we need the OCR technology. Then what is the best Japanese OCR program to recognize PDF or image files?

It is also known to us that there are more and more choices on a Japanese OCR program. Generally speaking, there are 2 types of Japanese OCR programs, online or offline. And today, we will offer a list of top Japanese OCR tools, to help you OCR Japanese easily and with good quality.

The Best Offline Japanese OCR Program 2019

Comparing with online Japanese OCR programs, I always give more preferences to the offline ones that can be used on large-screen device, let’s say a Mac or a Windows PC, since they often provide accurate OCR results and are quite easy to use.

Benefits of Offline Japanese OCR Program

• More accurate OCR results---Offline program always come with a powerful OCR engine to work on scanned files or images, they can recognize texts with higher accuracy
• Full feature---There is no limit on file size, pages, etc;
• Extended features---Users will be allowed to do batch OCR, OCR files to several editable formats, customize OCR output, etc;
• Safe to use---Offline programs are standalone, users are the only one to keep and process the files;
• Convenient to use---Users don’t need to connect to Internet for conversion, the OCR task can be done at anytime and anywhere.
• Customer services---Users can return to customer services even though they are not satisfied with the conversion result or have any complaints about the performance.

What is the Best Offline Japanese OCR Program 2019?

There are many offline Japanese apps for different devices, including Android phone or iPhone. But here we just list 2 best offline Japanese OCR software for Mac and Windows users respectively, for the reason that most of the users are doing the Japanese OCR on large-screen devices, also for the reason that Japanese OCR software designed for computers is now doing much better than those for mobile phones.

The Best Offline Japanese OCR Program for Mac

A large part of users, due to the simplicity in use and accuracy in OCR result, pick Enolsoft PDF Converter with OCR as the best offline Japanese OCR program for Mac.

Enolsoft PDF Converter with OCR is a bestseller product from Enolsoft, which is a dedicated software team to provide PDF solutions. Started with a PDF converter to export native PDF as several formats, Enolsoft later built the OCR and some other extended features into the program, with the aim to help users to easily manage all tasks on PDF conversions.

Main Features of Enolsoft PDF Converter with OCR

• Convert any PDFs, including native, scanned and encrypted PDFs;
• Export PDFs as 16 output formats (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Pages, Keynote, etc.)
• OCR images into editable formats;
• Recognize files in Japanese and other 200+ languages;
• OCR files in batch;
• Keep original layout and formatting;
• Advanced OCR settings for more accurate results;

Steps to OCR Japanese PDF or Image with Enolsoft PDF Converter with OCR

• Step 1. Download and install Enolsoft PDF Converter with OCR on mac.
  Free Download
• Step 2. Import Japanese files for OCR.
  You can directly drag and drop the Japanese files into the program, or click “+” to add files for OCR.
• Step 3. Prepare Japanese files for OCR.
  As you may have noticed, when importing images, the OCR button is ON by default, you just need to choose file language, page range and output format; When choose PDF as the output format, you can click the Lock icon to add a password to protect your PDF output;
  Still, if you need more accurate OCR results, you can click the Advanced Settings icon, then mark each OCR applied zone as needed. For example, if you want a specific part to be exported as Excel, click on the “Mark Tables” icon, then you can drag a box to select the wanted part.
• Step 4. OCR Japanese PDF or Image on mac instantly.
  After all the settings, you can click the Convert button to start the Japanese OCR process.

The Best Offline Japanese OCR Program for Windows PC

To OCR Japanese files on Windows PC, there are more choices than that on a Mac, and the best offline Japanese OCR Program for Windows is always ABBYY FineReader 15.

In fact ABBYY FineReader is more than an OCR program, it is a all-in-one PDF tool to edit, collaborate on, protect, create & convert and compare PDF files. The reason why I recommend this powerful yet expensive program is mainly due its excellent, close-to-perfect OCR performance for different languages. Particularly with its feature allowing users to OCR scans from papers, users can do any OCR tasks extremely easily and conveniently.

Steps to OCR Japanese OCR on PDF or Image with ABBYY FineReader on Windows.

1. Download and install ABBYY FineReader 15 for Windows.
2. Go to Open, choose “Convert to Word” or other output formats;
3. Prepare for Japanese OCR on Windows.
   Select Editable Copy under Keep Formatting, then choose Japanese as the file language.
4. Optional. You can edit the Japanese file if needed, then save as Word.

Notes: If you want advanced OCR settings, you can go to Open>Open in OCR Editor, you will be allowed to edit or check OCR results. Also, there are other ways to OCR Japanese files in ABBYY FineReader by just opening the file with the program, then choose to recognize pages.

The Best Online Japanese OCR Program 2019

If you are new to doing Japanese OCR, you may be looking for an online program, with intention to OCR Japanese files in PDF or image for free, like many others choose to do at the beginning. Though offline Japanese OCR programs have been proved to be better choices, online Japanese OCR program worth a try.

Here we pick 3 best websites to OCR Japanese online free, basing on the OCR results.

#1 ConvertioOCR

Having tested at least a dozen of online OCR tools, Convertio is picked as the best online Japanese OCR program, due to its higher accuracy on OCR than others. It allows users to do OCR on both PDF and images, also it can recognize 2 languages in the same file, which greatly improves the OCR accuracy. Talking about the formatting, the results may need manual adjustments, but it is still much better than other online free Japanese OCR programs.

Input formats: PDF and images

Output formats: Word, Excel, searchable PDF, PowerPoint, Text, Rtf, CSV, ePub, DjVu, FB2

Languages: Japanese and other 79 languages

OCR Accuracy: 85%+

Limits: 10 pages for free OCR

How to Use the Best Online Japanese OCR Program?

• 1. Go to Convertio OCR.
• 2. Click “Choose Files” to upload Japanese file for OCR processing.
• 3. Choose the main language as Japanese, also choose the additional languages if necessary;
• 4. Select the output and page;
• 5. Click “Recognize” to OCR Japanese files online
• 6. Download the output after Japanese OCR.

#2 i2OCR

The reason why i2OCR on the top 3 list is mainly due to its accurate OCR results, even offers a higher accuracy than Convertio. According to my test, i2OCR helps recognize nearly all the Japanese characters, including hiragana, katakana, even English letters mixed in the file. Also, there is no information is missed. However, it can only OCR Japanese files on image. Though it supports to export files as Word or other editable formats, the formatting is greatly sacrificed.

Input formats: Images

Output formats: Word, PDF, HTML, Text

Languages: Japanese and other 100+ languages

OCR Accuracy: 90%

Limits: No formatting is kept when export as Word, PDF or HTML format

Steps to OCR Japanese Image Online with i2OCR

• 1. Go to i2OCR Japanese OCR
• 2. Choose file language as Japanese;
• 3. Upload image for Japanese OCR;
• 4. Check the box before I am mot a robot;
• 5. Click “Extract Text” to start OCR Japanese image file.

#3 EasyScreenOCR

In fact, EasyScreenOCR is quite similar to i2OCR, it is also designed to OCR Japanese images online free. Though it is not as versatile as Convertio, it also yields highly accurate OCR results. Its interface is quite simple but not user friendly, if there appears the “Download Text files”, it means the Japanese OCR has finished.

Input formats: Images (JPG and PNG)

Output formats: Text

Languages: Japanese and other 10 languages

OCR Accuracy: 87%

Limits: The interface is not user friendly, there is no info indicating if the OCR has been processed or not

Steps to OCR Japanese Images Online with EasyScreenOCR

• 1. Go to EasyScreenOCR;
• 2. Add Japanese files for OCR processing;
• 3. Click “Upload and Convert” to start the Japanese OCR;
• 4. Click “Download Text Files” to get the editable Japanese file after OCR.

Conclusion

For users who have never tried on an online free Japanese OCR program, you are recommended to OCR Japanese files with above-mentioned online tools. While, if you are looking for good quality Japanese OCR software, you can try Enolsoft or ABBYY FineReader, both won't let you down on the OCR results.