Works somewhat with some visual novels but, it's only as reliable as the character recognition itself. There are some game windows I couldn't get it to recognize at all and it would simply close out automatically. I do love the ease of use but, it could use some better character recognition options to filter out additional background items when you are stuck with a transparent text box. It could also use some kind of substitution dictionary so you can enter character names or spell names that come up frequently but, aren't always recognized. Regardless, I will rate it much higher then VN OCR 3.0 as it's free. Plus, I couldn't even get that one to work.