If you have been wondering about a way in which you can just scan a document and convert it into editable text of languages other than English (especially the Asian ones), then there is a free online OCR tool available at http://www.newocr.com/
Screen 1
1. Scan the page you wish to convert to unicode text.
2. Go to http://www.newocr.com/
3. Upload your file by clicking “Choose File”
4. Select your language
5. Click Upload
6. Please wait as the file is processed and you’re taken to the next page
Screen 2
1. You may crop the image here if needed.
2. Click on OCR
3. Please wait for the file to process
Screen 3
1. Scroll down to find the converted text
2. Copy the text and paste it into your text editor to manually correct any conversion errors