<p>There are some software, such as <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/agthook/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Anime Games Text Hooker</a> or <a href="http://www.hongfire.com/forum/showthread.php/208860-Interactive-Text-Hooker-new-text-extraction-tool" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Interactive Text Hooker</a>, that are especially made for this purpose. Some people use them together with automated translation tools.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.hongfire.com/forum/showthread.php/59189-AGTH-TRANSLATOR-AGGREGATOR-ILLUSTRATED-GUIDE" rel="nofollow noreferrer">An AGTH tutorial</a>, and an example screenshot of how it looks in action:
<img src="https://i.sstatic.net/3VC2T.jpg" alt="AGTH"></p>

<p><a href="http://www.craneanime.com/2011/01/tutorial-ith-interactive-text-hooker.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">An ITH tutorial</a>, and an example screenshot of how it looks in action:
<img src="https://i.sstatic.net/ZP2o2.jpg" alt="ITH"></p>

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2012-12-11T21:19:09.090Z
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Camilo Martin
<p>Let's say you want to extract texts from the visual novel for the purpose of looking up the word in the dictionary, or feeding them into a machine translator. How would one go about accomplishing this?</p>

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2012-12-11T21:17:36.480Z
I suppose you mean Japanese words?
Alenanno
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2012-12-11T21:18:07.180Z
@Alenanno From context, most VN's are in Japanese, so yes, Japanese words.
Ken Li
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2012-12-11T21:20:01.390Z
http://meta.anime.stackexchange.com/questions/11/are-questions-about-technical-aspects-of-visual-novels-on-topic in case if anyone wants to discuss if these type of questions are on-topic
Ken Li
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2012-12-11T21:30:41.733Z
I voted +1 to undo the -1, because I think VN and Anime are part of the same culture and market.
Camilo Martin
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How do you extract texts into a text format that you can copy and paste from visual novels?
# How do you extract texts into a text format that you can copy and paste from visual novels?
Posted by: username_0 on 2012-12-11
Let's say you want to extract texts from the visual novel for the purpose of looking up the word in the dictionary, or feeding them into a machine translator. How would one go about accomplishing this?
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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I suppose you mean Japanese words?  
> **username_0**: @Alenanno From context, most VN's are in Japanese, so yes, Japanese words.  
> **username_0**: http://meta.anime.stackexchange.com/questions/11/are-questions-about-technical-aspects-of-visual-novels-on-topic in case if anyone wants to discuss if these type of questions are on-topic  
> **username_2**: I voted +1 to undo the -1, because I think VN and Anime are part of the same culture and market.  
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### Answer by username_2 on 2012-12-11. Score: 8
There are some software, such as [Anime Games Text Hooker](https://sites.google.com/site/agthook/) or [Interactive Text Hooker](http://www.hongfire.com/forum/showthread.php/208860-Interactive-Text-Hooker-new-text-extraction-tool), that are especially made for this purpose. Some people use them together with automated translation tools.

[An AGTH tutorial](http://www.hongfire.com/forum/showthread.php/59189-AGTH-TRANSLATOR-AGGREGATOR-ILLUSTRATED-GUIDE), and an example screenshot of how it looks in action:
![AGTH](https://i.sstatic.net/3VC2T.jpg)

[An ITH tutorial](http://www.craneanime.com/2011/01/tutorial-ith-interactive-text-hooker.html), and an example screenshot of how it looks in action:
![ITH](https://i.sstatic.net/ZP2o2.jpg)
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