Comic Lens

Comic Lens is an open-source desktop application designed for both readers and translators alike, offering a seamless solution for manga, comics, and webcomic translation. This tool enable users to effortlessly translate characters or texts with precision and ease.

It is a Qt application written in Python, and uses Pytesseract for optical character recognition (OCR) and Googletrans for Google Translate API.

It currently supports the following languages:

• English
• French
• Indonesian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Spanish
• Chinese (Simplified)
• Chinese (Traditional)

Video Demo for CS50p Final Project: https://youtu.be/JC6sqe1ZZnw

Installation

Note: This application currently does not have a installer provided yet. So, please follow the steps below to run the application.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.6 or above.
• PySide6 (Installation guide)
• Googletrans (Installation guide)
• OpenCV (Installation guide)
• Pytesseract and its dependencies. (Installation guide)
  • Notes:
    • During installation, make sure to install the language packs as well.
    • Make sure to install the Tesseract OCR engine on "C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR" or change the path in the ocr.py file.
• Make sure all the listed dependencies on the requirements.txt file are installed.

Running the application

• Clone the repo

  git clone https://github.com/kylekce/Comic-Lens.git

• Run via terminal

  cd comic-lens
  python project.py

• Or run via Qt Creator

  • Open the project file comic-lens.pyproject in Qt Creator.
  • Click on the green play button on the bottom left corner of the IDE.

Contribution

This project is currently in its early stages of development. If you would like to contribute, please fork the repo and create a pull request. You can also post issues on the issue tracker for any bugs or feature requests.

Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to be learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.