#28 - Plans

Finally, a #Stuff post ^^

So, firstly:

1. Seagate Expansion (Black) 1 Tb External Hard Drive
2. Asus 06D2X-U DVD/Blu Ray (-RW) External Drive

And Secondly:

1. Code Geass: Boukoku no Akito (Light Novel/Part 1 & Part 2)
2. 5 Centimeters Per Second (Light Novel/Part 1 & Part 2)
3. 5 Centimeters Per Second (Manga/Part 1 & Part 2)
4. Kakumeiki Valvrave (Part 2)
5. ARK IX + Blu Ray [With OVA and Interview] (Light Novel/Part 2)
6. Half&Half [By Seo Kouji] (Light Novel/Part 1)
7. Space Battleship Yamato (Blu Ray)
8. Hisshiken Torisashi/Sword of Desperation (Blu-Ray)

And then maybe:

1. Code Geass - Heroines Tribute [Overview/Download] (Artbook)
2. Code Geass - Critical Zero (Artbook)

#27 - OCR, or image to text

Optical Character Recognition, or OCR can convert printed symbols from scans or photos to digital text, so that you can save it as a .docx file, or just paste into Google Translate. But with Asian languages it's a bit different: due to thousands of characters there's a really big chance of a mistake.

Eventually, there's no way to get rid of mistakes, but there's a way to reduce them.

You'll need:

• gImageReader (Click on the green box)
• Tesseract (Select "Windows Installer" and "Japanese language data" for 3.02)

Part 0

Before we start, I want you to know that you can use this method for many languages (You can find the list by clicking on "Tesseract" link), not only for Japanese. Good alternative is Adobe FineReader, but it doesn't support asian languages.

Part 1

1. Install both programs
2. Launch gImageReader from your "Start" menu
3. Enter the directory address where you have installed Tesseract (It's usually either C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR or C:\Program Files (x86)\Tesseract-OCR)
4. And now, in "Directory, containing Tesseract languages" box enter the same address, but add \tessdata at the end.

Part 2

A test

1. Click "Open" and select a file
2. Now change the language from English to Japanese/日本語 and select ja_JP
3. Hit the "Recognize all button" or just select the area you need and click "Recognize selection"

Example

It seems to have detected all the selected character correctly, except this one:

And it is ok. Just select the character (but, firstly, zoom in the image) manually. I actually have never seen software that can work with Furigana.

Then click on "Save as" and that's it.

Have a good day :)

#26 - Code Geass: Red Tracks / Red Miracle (Part 2)

And, yeah, the second part is ready. Scans Page.

P.S. I've added the torrent too.
P.P.S. Maybe today or tomorrow I'll make the how-to I have promised.
P.P.P.S. And the post about my future plans and orders.

#26 - Code Geass: Red Tracks / Red Miracle (Part 1)

Finally, I'm back. I've already scanned the first chapter (of two) of the "Code Geass: Red Tracks" novel (In Japanese). You can find it here.

I hope to finish the second chapter today and to write a small article on "How to OCR Japanese texts?".

P.S. Kallen is so cuuuute <3

#25 - [Scans] Code Geass: Stage 4

Sup. Finally, "Stage 4" of "Code Geass" novel series in English. Next on turn are "Code Geass: Red Miracle" and "Code Geass: Turn 1-4" series in Japanese. As usual.

 
 

#24 - [Scans] Code Geass: Stage 0-3 [v2]

Re-scanned images and edited text in PS.
Samples are included, as usual. [Click on "+"]

P.S. Hope to finish "Code Geass: Stage 4" today.

Scans

#23 - New books and new discoveries

Now I can congratulate myself, 'cause the parcel with 7 books is now in my hands ^^ I've taken it from my post office about 30 mins ago.

And, lol, I now understand why they are called "Light" novels - they are actually small and thin, compared to usual US and Canada books.

By the way, I do not what the paper is made of, but its' quality is like a premium one.

Nya ^_^

#21 - [Scans] Code Geass: Stage 3 (Part 2)

Second Part which includes:

1. Stage 3
2. Promise (From Mamoru Iwasa)
3. Afterword
4. Commentary (And Translator's notes, as usual)

Now only "Code Geass: Stage 4" left to be scanned. 

By the way, I have two news: bad one and good one.

Good one - My parcel has arrived to the post office in just two days (magic, really).

Bad one - My Twitter has been suspended due to unknown reasons. Waiting for answer from the Support Center.

As always.

#22 - Audiobooks, Light Novels and Manga

It's been a while since I've wrote something casual here. I've just finished a collection of Audiobooks (But only those which I listen to, lol),Light Novels (Japanese and English) and Manga (For now only English). 
You can find it in "Useful Links" section with many other good things ^^

Read, enjoy and share, as always.

#21 - [Scans] Code Geass: Stage 3 (Part 1)

And another one's ready. Only the third chapter is left, plus "Code Geass: Stage 4". 
"Turn 1-4" and others will arrive in two weeks, thus maybe I will scan YenPress' "Haganai" or "BTOOOM". Not sure if it is worth it, cause they are available on the Internet as fan translations.

#20 - [Scans] Code Geass: Stage 2 (Part 2)

Finished this one. And I promise to myself not to do one book-per-day, cause now I'm falling asleep. As always, yeah.

I'll make a torrent tomorrow evening, oyasumi for now.

#20 - [Scans] Code Geass: Stage 2 (Part 1)

"Stage 1" and "Stage 2". Now finishing "Stage 3". As always.

P.S. I've ordered these books (they all are in Japanese and they all are light novels):

• Code Geass: Turn 1-4
• Code Geass: Red Tracks
• Valvrave the Liberator Vol. 1
• Ark IX Vol. 1

#19 - [Scans] Code Geass: Stage 1 (Part 2)

Here you go, the second part of Code Geass Stage 1: Knight. ^__^

P.S. I hope to get Code Geass R2 Turn 1-4 novels (in Japanese) till the end of November.