• By Umiocr Team

How to Get the Best OCR Results with Umiocr: A Complete Guide

Guide OCR Tips Tutorial

Getting accurate OCR results isn’t just about the tool — it’s also about how you prepare your input. Whether you’re digitizing scanned documents, extracting text from screenshots, or processing handwritten notes, this step-by-step guide will help you get the best results from Umiocr.

Step 1: Prepare Your Image for Best Results

Before uploading, make sure your image is optimized:

  • Resolution: Higher DPI images produce better results. For scanned documents, aim for 300 DPI or higher.
  • Contrast: Dark text on a light background is ideal. Avoid grey-on-grey or low contrast documents.
  • Orientation: Make sure text is horizontally aligned. Rotated or skewed text may reduce accuracy.
  • Cropping: Crop out irrelevant borders or margins to reduce noise in the recognition process.

Step 2: Choose the Right Language Model

Umi-OCR uses different recognition models for different languages. Selecting the correct language dramatically improves accuracy:

  1. Chinese documents: Select Simplified or Traditional Chinese depending on your source material.
  2. Mixed documents: For Chinese-English mixed text (very common in technical documents), choose the bilingual model.
  3. Japanese/Korean: Use the dedicated model for these scripts to avoid character confusion.

Pro-tip: When in doubt, run the OCR with the Chinese model first — it handles Asian script mixed with English better than generic models.

Step 3: Review and Edit the Output

Even the best OCR tool makes occasional errors. After extraction:

  • Scan through the recognized text for common OCR mistakes (e.g., confusing 1 with l, 0 with O).
  • Pay special attention to numbers, punctuation, and rare characters.
  • For technical documents, manually verify formulas, code, or specialized terminology.

Step 4: Export Your Text

Once you’re happy with the result:

  • Copy to Clipboard: Instantly copy all recognized text for pasting into a document or editor.
  • Export as TXT: Save the result as a plain text file for archiving.
  • Export as formatted document: Some workflows may support structured export formats.

Tips for Specific Use Cases

  • Scanned PDFs: Convert individual PDF pages to high-resolution images before OCR for best results.
  • Screenshots: Ensure your monitor scaling is set to 100% before taking screenshots for cleaner captures.
  • Handwriting: OCR accuracy on handwritten text varies; print handwriting works better than cursive.

Have fun extracting text with Umiocr!

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