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Japanese and Chinese OCR: extract CJK text from images

Read Japanese text from a street-name sign and Traditional Chinese text from a Taiwanese nutrition label, transcribed in the original script (kanji, kana, hanzi) with line breaks kept. A language hint helps with small or stylized characters. Works for Korean too, and for menus, signs, packaging and product labels.

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OCR API - Image to Text, Photo to Text & Receipt OCR
OCR API - Image to Text, Photo to Text & Receipt OCRtidytools/image-to-text-ocr
Image
PDF URL
PDF page
Text
+6 fields
Text
Number
Boolean
List
Object

Input

Image or PDF URLs:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Japanese_Road_Sign_119_%28Street_name%29.jpg+1
Language hint (optional):Japanese, Traditional Chinese

Output fields

Image
PDF URL
PDF page
Text
Tables
Receipt fields
Review reasons
Success
Charged
Error type

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