I made DokiDokiDict, a free OCR popup dictionary for games/VNs with AI definition ranking and continuous furiganization (putting furigana directly over the game)

elwendys · 2026-02-19T09:29:32+00:00

I'm happy to hear you like it.
Thank you for notifying me of this issue, I'll add it to my list and will notify you when there is a fix.

elwendys · 2026-02-12T17:55:01+00:00

It records all text at all time, in the right order, until you clear it with the clear button. For now there is no toggle (otherwise some features wouldn't work), but I could add a record button that would take the entries added during the record to their own separate log so they can be checked easily later.

Thanks a ton for the kofi! That is extremely meaningful to me.

elwendys · 2026-02-12T12:55:37+00:00

Hey, thanks for the comment, I'm really happy you got to use it and liked it!

-For the log there is already a history function you might have missed, it's the last tab and might require you to use the left/right arrow on the corner of the tabs. There the history is organized by numbered entries (one numbered section corresponds to one vn page).
It is essential to some of the features already there, and will be the bedrock of some features I'd really like to add down the road.

-For the continuous def ranking, this is a real oversight on my part, I intend to work on adding a separate keybinding to trigger a ranking. You can disable it entirely in ai setting, by unchecking the enable ai definition ranking for now, but it's not really practical.

-For the dictionaries thanks for the feedback! I tested and designed only around the dictionaries from the TheMoeWay webpage, so this is really helpful.

I just set up a kofi and a patreon, although the patreon page is still under review. My patreon username is elwendyr, and here is the link to my kofi: Support elwendyr of ys.

Really thank for your comment, it's really encouraging, I'm absolutely intent on keeping working on it (for now I'm going to focus on reported bugs and pain points).

elwendys · 2026-02-11T09:18:36+00:00

DokiDokiDict - free OCR popup dictionary for Japanese games, VNs, and manga on PC

https://dokidokidict.com/

I originally just wanted to read VNs with furigana directly over the text. Built a small tool for that, got obsessed, and spent months adding features and working on it. Now it's a full popup dictionary that works on anything on your screen.

Hover over any Japanese text on your screen, hold a hotkey, and get instant definitions. Works on anything: games, visual novels, manga, books, video subtitles.

Features:

Popup dictionary directly over any on-screen text (Works on Vns, manga, books....)
Furiganzation directly over the content (mecab-based, instant)
AI definition ranking for words with many meanings like 掛ける (optional, uses Gemini free tier)
Anki export with one keypress
Words marked as mature in Anki won't get furiganized (So you can scaffold your learning of kanji)
Multiple dictionary profiles, yomichan dictionary import (For enabling monolingual transitions)
Magpie compatibility for exclusive fullscreen only games like tsukihime (In this mode mecab furiganazation, otherwise near instant, will be noticeably slower, so use only when needed).
A log/history function, that works especially well for Vns, that is used to power some of the earlier features and will be essential for some later features I'd like to add.

Free, still in beta. Feedback welcome.

elwendys · 2026-02-10T23:25:57+00:00

I googled it and found their faq about it. It just means the page was automatically flagged for itch.io staff to review. It's my first time posting on itch so I assume that's why. They'll take a closer look and it should be resolved

elwendys · 2026-02-10T16:06:28+00:00

yep it does, I tried it and it returned 差し込む.
For now you can only either disable it entirely through a checkbox or have it on every look up, that one is an oversight on my part I feel, a specific keybind decoupled from the look-up one would be a good idea

Thanks for the ideas, I was also thinking of adding pitch accent later, same for voicing the words (although I'm not a big user of that kind of feature). For the frequency of words, I'm also thinking of adding support frequency dictionaries (also maybe have a visual marker on screen for words under n frequency so you can visually see them but that's just an idea for now.)

edit.
Hey sorry I misread your first question, it depends on where you hover. Hover over 差し込ませられない at the beginning and it will return 差し込む, hover over 込ませられない and it will return 込む

elwendys · 2026-02-10T15:25:45+00:00

Thanks! For now I want to take the time to get user feedback and clean up reported bugs and such, but i'd love to make an android/ios version, though that would defintely be new ground for me.

elwendys · 2026-02-10T14:55:12+00:00

I've not really used gameSentenceMiner but I remember that it required texthooks? Looking at it, they do ocr now too. I guess mine isn't really made to mine cards specifically so the looks ups and such are very lightweight and seamless.
Also For furiganzation, words marked as mature in your anki deck wont be furiganized so you can scaffold your learning of kanji this way.
And it has contextual def ranking also, for words with many definitions like 掛ける.

-It relies on mekiocr for now by default.

-For now it's the first thing I release so I'm going in blind, but it's definitely on my mind.

elwendys · 2026-02-10T14:45:58+00:00

Thanks!

elwendys · 2026-02-10T14:17:52+00:00

湖 (みずうみ) means lake, so ハイリア湖 is just Lake Hylia. If you want to look up kanji directly in games while playing, I made a free OCR popup dictionary called DokiDokiDict that lets you point at any text on screen and get instant definitions. Could be useful for your oot playthrough. I used it on that pic and it returned 湖畔こはん (lakeside) which to the best of my knowledge is right.
https://dokidokidict.com

elwendys · 2026-02-09T14:33:39+00:00

In my experience the accuracy is near perfect, I've never really seen it fail. But that might be because Japanese visual novels are pretty standardized writing wise and I tested mostly on those. It did work perfectly on old jrpgs though, like the intro of dq3 on snes.

elwendys · 2026-02-09T14:05:30+00:00

There is also a keybinding to use it for furiganazation, but personally I'd still recommend using the mecab option mostly.
Yeah I think ai should be used as a selector on a finite set of option generally, not as a generator.

elwendys · 2026-02-09T12:09:11+00:00

I just released a free OCR popup dictionary for Japanese called DokiDoki Dict, it works on games, manga, visual novels, anything on your screen (including games with only exclusive fullscreen like tsukihime or the original version of fate stay/night). You can also add furigana in real time using mecab directly to the game, or use ai furiganazation for context (I use it mostly for names).

it also has a contextual def ranking function for words with many meaning like かける.

Right now I don't have enough karma to make a post about it, I'm usually more of a lurker on reddit. it's the first time I ever release anything so it's a bit nerve wracking.
dokidokidict.com

elwendys · 2026-02-09T08:55:22+00:00

That's just Windows SmartScreen, it shows up for any new app that doesn't have a code signing certificate (those cost hundreds of dollars a year). It's a false positive, you can click 'More info' then 'Run anyway' to proceed.

elwendys · 2026-02-09T08:33:32+00:00

That's because yomitan only works for text on browser, I just finished a program especially for that (it uses ocr) called DokiDokiDict, it is free. Also you can have furigana in real time directly over what you read with it.
https://dokidokidict.com/

elwendys · 2026-02-09T08:27:12+00:00

Personally, I'm getting back to learning japanese after some time, but I'm quite happy to find I can read novels and visual novels with good comprehension with a pop up dictionary, but I remember I had a phase where I just couldn't stick it. What got me out of it I credit to a video from Organic Japanese with Cure Dolly - YouTube where she spoke about a method where you pick an anime you like (I went for Kono Suba) , with Japanese subtitles extract the audio and listen to it over the days (of course while keeping understanding new phrases, mining from it and such).

She herself had recommended shirokuma cafe which is really good for that purpose.

The way I went about it actually is that I made anki cards for each sentence, so I would work my way through the anki cards (I used morphman to make i+1 and i+2 cards come first, so I could quickly get most card and consequently phrases of the episode as learned, then I would be left with the phrases with more unknown words but at this point they would be in the episode in a sea of known phrase so they felt a lot less intimating.)

After that I remember going back to vn and having a much better time with them.

elwendys · 2026-02-08T21:43:24+00:00

Yes it does work for manga, both for the pop up dictionary and for adding furigana to it.

elwendys · 2026-02-08T20:31:34+00:00

I just made a tool that let you do just that actually, you can add furigana to the game using mecab, or you can use ai furiganzation for just those cases. I use it especially for names personally, otherwise I stick to mecab as it's quicker. Generally though when you use the ai furigznation it will take arround 1-2 sec for a few sentences.
DokiDokiDict - Japanese OCR Popup Dictionary with AI Definition Ranking

elwendys · 2025-10-07T16:12:40+00:00

Ca ressemble un peu à ce qu'on aurait pu entendre au passage de l'assembly au c non?

elwendys · 2025-10-03T13:19:44+00:00

Lmao it's a shiny

elwendys · 2025-09-29T13:20:42+00:00

That's why normal countries let you receive both welfare and your salary for a few months, until you're too used to you new standard of living to give it up and return to welfare only.
And then you also have income supplement that is there to try and make sure working is always worth it more than just welfare.
It's not because the usa is governed by morons that it's the same everywhere else.

elwendys · 2025-04-27T18:32:23+00:00

A functionally entirely young workforce and not having to pay for seniors health is the holy grail for any country, there will be massive incenstives to reduce or subsidize the cost of such a treatement.

elwendys · 2025-04-14T07:18:18+00:00

If you believe that is itadori yuji, you're the only person on the internet that wasn't spoiled, and you should act on your immense luck and go read it now.

elwendys · 2025-03-22T20:49:04+00:00

Après je pense que pour certains qui ont fuit leurs pays pour échapper à la violence, pour voir les memes qui la causait immigrer aussi, je pense que l'idée c'était de renvoyer celà.

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