VietOCR
Powerful OCR Frontend for Vietnamese and More

VietOCR
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Home: https://vietocr.sourceforge.net

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What is VietOCR?

VietOCR offers a user-friendly graphical interface for the renowned Tesseract OCR engine, designed to facilitate efficient optical character recognition of multiple languages, with specialized enhancements for Vietnamese text. The tool supports a wide range of image file formats, including PDF, TIFF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, and BMP, and features multi-page TIFF support.

Users benefit from easy-to-use features such as drag-and-drop file handling, clipboard image pasting, integrated scanning, and batch processing via a folder monitor. The application also provides postprocessing options to improve Vietnamese OCR accuracy, spellchecking with Hunspell, support for language data pack downloads, and a localized interface in various languages. Compatibility across major operating systems ensures broad accessibility for different user needs.

Features

  • Multiplatform Compatibility: Runs on Windows, Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, Solaris, and others
  • Wide Format Support: Handles PDF, TIFF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, and multi-page TIFF images
  • Batch Processing: Monitor folders to automate OCR on new files
  • Integrated Scanning: Scan documents directly within the application
  • Drag-and-Drop & Clipboard Support: Easy image import via drag-and-drop or clipboard
  • Vietnamese Postprocessing: Enhanced accuracy for Vietnamese text recognition
  • Spellcheck Integration: Spellchecking powered by Hunspell
  • Custom Text Replacement: Postprocess text with customizable replacements
  • Language Pack Management: Download and install language data packs and dictionaries
  • Localized Interface: User interface available in multiple languages

Use Cases

  • Digitizing Vietnamese books and documents
  • Extracting text from scanned images in various languages
  • Batch processing large collections of image files for OCR
  • Preparing machine-readable archives from printed materials
  • Automating document text extraction workflows
  • Enhancing the accuracy of Vietnamese optical character recognition

FAQs

  • Which image formats does VietOCR support?
    VietOCR supports PDF, TIFF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, and multi-page TIFF image formats.
  • Can I use VietOCR to process batches of images automatically?
    Yes, VietOCR includes a watch folder feature to monitor and process batches of images for OCR automatically.
  • Is spellchecking available within VietOCR?
    Yes, VietOCR integrates spellchecking functionality using Hunspell, including support for downloading language-specific dictionaries.
  • Does VietOCR require Tesseract to be installed separately?
    Yes, VietOCR serves as a front-end to the Tesseract OCR engine, which must be installed for full functionality.
  • Is VietOCR available for multiple operating systems?
    VietOCR is compatible with Windows, Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, Solaris, and other platforms (Java version only).

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