Free OCR that is worth it

Wow OCR of Japanese text really is hard but this system just did a great job for me (>80% accurate). It worked best with large pictures

http://weocr.ocrgrid.org/cgi-bin/weocr/search.cgi?lang=jpn&fmt=html

PS i tried the iPhone version "C'est What!!" of the app it doesn't work so dont purchase it.