"Secrets" of Yomichan

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/LearnJapanese

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  • Textractor

    Extracts text from video games and visual novels. Highly extensible.

  • Best case scenario, you're playing a game or using Bookwalker. Often, especially if the game is a visual novel (play more voiced visual novels! They're great for learning! Avoid the ones on Steam!), you can use a program called Textractor to extract the text out automatically to make lookups easy. I use Clipboard Inserter with this site for a really nice setup that counts characters and time as you read.

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  • Best case scenario, you're playing a game or using Bookwalker. Often, especially if the game is a visual novel (play more voiced visual novels! They're great for learning! Avoid the ones on Steam!), you can use a program called Textractor to extract the text out automatically to make lookups easy. I use Clipboard Inserter with this site for a really nice setup that counts characters and time as you read.

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  • mpvacious

    Adds mpv keybindings to create Anki cards from movies and TV shows.

  • Also works nice in combination with mpv and mpvacious if you are watching videos with subs and want cards with audio/pictures. Sometimes subs are out of sync, but mpv keyboard shortcuts allow you to retime the subs easily for one-time viewing. It also supports Youtube videos, so works even then, as long as the videos have subs.

  • jidoujisho

    A full-featured immersion language learning suite for mobile.

  • Jidoujisho - All-in-one japanese learning tool for Android

  • tachiyomi

    Discontinued Free and open source manga reader for Android.

  • Tachiyomi - Manga reader for Android. Works with Kaku OCR or Google Lens OCR

  • typhon

    e-book reader with Rikai-like Japanese dictionary lookup for Android (by dajimenezja)

  • Typhon改 - Android ebook reader with pop up dictionary

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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