Yae Reader

A simple Java application that translates raw manga using manga-ocr.

Installation

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- Java & Python

Make sure you have Python and Java on your computer. Try installing them from their official sites.

• Java
• Python
• Install PIP for Python by following this guide.
• Also install Git by following this guide.

- Manga OCR

The app uses manga-ocr for extracting Japanese texts in images. See manga-ocr for further details

To install Manga OCR, Run in the command line:

pip3 install manga-ocr

- Running the app

Once all the other requirements are installed, you may download the rar file in Releases.

• Make sure to extract it in one folder in any folder you want to put it.
• Inside the folder, run the bat file named downloadModel.bat as administrator; this will download the model needed for manga-ocr, which is the file size is up to 400MB.
• And that's it. You can now run Yae Reader.exe.

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File Tree

+---Yae Reader
    |   Yae Reader.exe
    |
    \---classes
        |   captured.png
        |
        +---manga-ocr
        |       mangaOCR2.py
        |       mangaOCR2testing.py
        |       test.png
        |
        +---model
        |
        |       (Download Model Here)
        |
        \---settings
                settings.xml

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