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GameYomi

Press a button while you play and read the game’s text with Migaku.
For Windows, $9.

The same moment in Shin chan: Shiro and the Coal Town without GameYomi: Shinnosuke's line 「…なぁに? もう幼稚園に行くお時間?」 as the game draws it, with the game's own furigana.
The game.
Shin chan: Shiro and the Coal Town with GameYomi on. Shinnosuke's line 「…なあに? もう幼稚園に行くお時間?」 is laid back over the game as text, with furigana ようちえん over 幼稚園, and Migaku's popup is open on 時間 (じかん), marked Known, with the line translated: “Is it already time to go to kindergarten?”
With GameYomi, after clicking 時間.

How it works

  1. Bind a button. Any key, mouse button or controller button.
  2. Press it in a game. GameYomi reads the text on screen and lays it back over the game as real text that the Migaku browser extension parses. Recognition runs offline on your PC; nothing is uploaded.
  3. Click words. Known and unknown words are colored. Click one for Migaku’s dictionary popup and add a card in one click. On a controller, the D-pad steps word by word.

A reading history lets you mine sentences later.

Japanese first, furigana included. Also Chinese, Korean, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian and English.

GameYomi's setup guide with every step checked: 1 Language, Japanese, text recognition ready; 2 Migaku extension, installed; 3 Log in to Migaku, logged in; 4 Toggle reading, set to ` (backtick) and Controller RT; 5 Open any game and immerse!, ready.
Setup is one window, and each step checks itself.

Requirements

  • Windows 10 (version 2004 or later) or Windows 11, 64-bit. Mac later.
  • A Migaku account.
  • The game in windowed or borderless fullscreen mode. Exclusive fullscreen isn’t supported.

Price

$9, once. One license covers up to two PCs, and every update is free.

Buy GameYomi

Checkout by Polar, the merchant of record, which handles sales tax and VAT.

Questions

Is it safe with anti-cheat like VAC?
GameYomi never injects into a game or touches its memory or files. It reads the screen and draws its text in its own window (WebView2) on top of the game, so there is nothing for anti-cheat like VAC to flag. That is also why it needs windowed or borderless mode: exclusive fullscreen does not let other windows sit on top of the game.
How many activations do I get?
Two. One license works on up to two PCs. Deactivate one in GameYomi to move it to a new PC.
What if it doesn’t work on my PC?
Email me at hello@gabek.dev within 14 days and I’ll refund you.
Why does Windows warn me the first time I run it?
The app is new, so Windows doesn’t recognize it yet, and SmartScreen or Smart App Control may show a warning on first run. For SmartScreen, choose More info, then Run anyway.