With this app you will be able to check the meaning and the pronunciation of Japanese words containing kanji, whenever you want in 10 seconds (or less with recent devices) by recognizing the characters from your camera.
Therefore, you won't be bothered when you encounter a kanji you don't know.
Ideal for people who read books in Japanese, people who are learning Japanese.
Not for people who can't read Japanese at all, as this is not a translator but a dictionary.
Features:
- No need to take pictures (i.e. no sound.) This app was designed to capture in preview mode, very fast and precise.
- No internet connection required. A Japanese to English dictionary is built-in.
- Simple, intuitive, very easy to use.
Twitter: http://twitter.com/kanjicheck
Please report bugs, feedback, feature requests to the twitter account or by reviewing.
I am also using this app and I'll do my best to fix any inconvenience.
---- Main usage
1. Launch the app.
2. Move your device so that the circle at the center of the screen comes over the first character to recognize.
3. Adjust the focus. (You can use the "Refocus" button.)
---- In detail
OCR features:
- Recognition of vertical and horizontal texts. Automatic detection of the orientation. (Works best with vertical texts.)
- Recognition of fonts commonly used in books.
- Works best with characters printed on paper (without color changes, with a minimum of contrast with the background.)
Other features:
- Ability to use the camera flash in torch mode to enlighten the text. Useful when you're reading a book.
- Focus modes: macro (to read books) / auto (for other purposes.)
- History of the last recognitions.
- Languages for the interface: Japanese, English, French.
Requirements:
- Storage: around 100MB of storage (SD card or internal) is required for data installation.
- RAM: around 20MB of RAM for OCR.
- Camera: some focus modes and flash modes may be unavailable on certain devices. These modes will be disabled if unavailable.
Tested on:
- Sharp SH-10D (dual core 1.5GHz, 4.5 inches 720x1280, android 4.0.4)
- Sharp IS05 (single core 1GHz, 3.4 inches 480x854, android 2.3.4)
- Kyocera DIGNO ISW11K (single core 1.4GHz, 4.0 inches 480x800, android 2.3.5)
On old devices, the accuracy of character recognition might depend on the performance of camera (resolution in preview mode, image quality.)
If you want to test features on your device, try the free app "Eigo Checker". It's almost the same app except that it's for the English language.
---- Troubleshooting
- If you encounter an error after updating your android device, try to re-install (install after uninstalling once) this app.
- If you don't understand how to use this app, please check the web site of this app, or contact me.
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