About this app
An OCR app that reads classical Japanese cursive script (kuzushiji) using AI. Features: - Just take a photo to convert kuzushiji to text - Powered by the National Diet Library's AI model (NDL Koten OCR-Lite) - All processing runs on-device (no internet connection required) - Copy and share recognized text How to Use: 1. Capture a page with the camera or select from your photo library 2. AI automatically detects text regions and recognizes kuzushiji 3. Tap results to review, copy and use Supports over 7,000 kanji, hiragana, and katakana characters. Optimized for Edo-period woodblock prints and manuscripts. Licenses: - OCR Model: NDL Koten OCR-Lite (National Diet Library, CC-BY-4.0) - Inference Engine: ONNX Runtime (Microsoft, MIT License) Source code: https://github.com/nakamura196/koten-ocr-ios
Latest release
What’s New
Improved local AI status messages. Now shows specific guidance when Apple Intelligence is not enabled or model is still downloading.
Audience growth
Ratings growth
Baseline captured. Growth appears after the crawler observes a changed rating count.
Momentum comes from crawler snapshots for the tracked storefront. “Viral growth signal” means unusually fast recent rating gains; it is an indicator, not download data.
Price tracking
Price intelligence
First snapshot captured. The trend line starts after the next crawler price observation.
- First observed Aug 19, 2026 · 10:17 AM Free
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