Novel Mode
Learn about yomeru.ai's novel OCR optimized for light novels and text-heavy Japanese content.
Use Novel mode for light novels, scanned documents, textbook pages, visual novel screenshots, and any content where text appears as continuous prose rather than inside speech bubbles.
What Novel Mode Handles
Novel mode scans the entire page for text instead of looking for speech bubbles. It supports both vertical text (tategaki) and horizontal text (yokogaki), including pages that mix both directions. Multi-column layouts -- common in newspapers and magazines -- are also handled correctly.
Select Novel mode in the upload dialog for text-heavy pages without speech bubbles
The system detects furigana (reading guides above kanji) and links them to the correct parent characters, so you see pronunciation help directly in the reader.
PDF uploads keep pages in order
If you have a multi-page novel, uploading it as a PDF is the easiest option. Each page is extracted automatically and stays in the correct sequence.
How It Processes a Page
When you upload a page in Novel mode, our AI detects the text direction, segments the content into paragraphs, and establishes the correct reading order. The result is interactive text that flows naturally as the author intended -- you can click any word for an instant word lookup.
If some text is missed on the first pass, reprocessing often picks it up. The first reprocess is free.
Tips for Best Results
Clean, high-contrast scans at 720p or higher resolution produce the best accuracy. Pages where text is printed on a plain background perform better than those with illustrations overlapping the text area. For very dense content with small characters, a higher resolution scan helps the AI distinguish individual characters.
Known Limitations
Handwritten text has lower accuracy than printed fonts. Highly decorative or stylized typefaces can also be challenging. Very small text (below roughly 10pt) may be missed, so scan at a higher resolution if your source material has particularly small print.