Vertical Text Update — Now Read Manga & Novels
New: Vertical Japanese (縦書き / tategaki) OCR Yakutori can now read top-to-bottom Japanese text — so it works on manga and novels, not just horizontal game text.
- New "OCR mode" setting — switch between Horizontal and Vertical at the top of the Settings panel. - Works two ways — box a single speech bubble in Area mode, or let it auto-detect bubbles across the whole page in Screen mode. - Smart bubble focus — reads the dialogue inside speech balloons and ignores drawn sound-effects. - Still 100% offline & private — the new OCR model runs entirely on your machine, with no cloud services.
How to use it: Settings → OCR mode → Vertical, then capture as usual.
Thanks for all the feedback — vertical text was the most-requested feature. Enjoy! 🎉
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