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Article #7Re: OCR for Asian Languages?
From: NAKANO Yasuaki
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 1994 07:49
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 1994 07:49
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In article <Czq3Kr.LJu@wakasato.cs.shinshu-u.ac.jp> I wrote
>In article <chuteCzG4p1.Ms5@netcom.com> chute@netcom.com (David Chute) writes:
>>Q: What is the status of Optical Character Recognition software for Asian
>>languages? Does it exist? And if so, what's the best way to get it up and
>>running?
>
>I think there is no public domain OCR software. I have a list of commercial
>OCR softwares for Japanese, which I will be able to access tommorrow.
>There are many hardware OCR's for handprinted and printed Japanese.
Please find an imperfect list of commercial software OCR's for Japanese.
I am tired to make the complete list, so it misses many products. Since
I have lost the brochure of each product except MediaDrive's, contact
addresses are not filled fully.
Yasuaki Nakano
Shinshu University
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(1) Handwritten Characters
Product Manufacturer Vocabulary Speed Machine Price Contact to (FAX)
MDS-H10 MediaDrive 3196 6/sec PC-9801 800 KY MediaDrive
i-386 (scanner +81-3-3716-8104
or up included)
(2) Printed Characters
Product Manufacturer Vocabulary Speed Machine Price Contact to (FAX)
IMAZONE RICOH 3272 45/sec Sparc 250 KY RICOH
Mac Reader MediaDrive 3500 60/sec Macintosh 158 KY MediaDrive
Plus V2.0 (Q800) Plus or up +81-3-3716-8104
Win Reader MediaDrive 3500 20/sec i386 SX/DX 198 KY MediaDrive
Plus V2.0 (486,33MHz) or up +81-3-3716-8104
Yomitori RICOH 3272 25/sec i386 SX 198 KY RICOH
Monogatari (486,66MHz) or up
The OCR BIRDS (sp?) 3000 30/sec PC-9801 148 KY
Nichi-Ei (486,33MHz)
Ninshiki LIOS (sp?) 3400 25/sec 486 or up 69 KY
Kobo System (PS/V410NAB)
Quick System 3400 23/sec i386SX 198 KY
Reader Quality (EPSON or up
Nippon PC-486+HSP)
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