Proposal: Optional multilingual Windows installer

[jhanneken]

Hello,

I am currently working on completing and manually reviewing the German translation of Umi-OCR. The review is already more than 60% complete.

While testing the current Windows release, I noticed that the application is distributed as a portable .7z archive or a self-extracting .7z.exe package rather than a traditional installer.

Would you be open to offering an optional multilingual Windows installer in addition to the existing portable packages?

This could improve usability for international and less technical users by providing:

automatic installer language selection based on the Windows locale,
a clear installation directory,
optional desktop and Start Menu shortcuts,
a clean uninstaller,
an explanation of the PaddleOCR and RapidOCR variants,
and possibly launching Umi-OCR with the matching interface language on first run.

The existing portable packages should of course remain available.

Inno Setup might be a relatively lightweight option because it already supports multilingual installers. I would be willing to help with the German installer translation and with testing the installer on German Windows systems.

Is this something you would consider for a future release?

I found the related request #767, in which an installable version was
suggested and the portable design of Umi-OCR was explained.

My proposal is slightly different: I am not suggesting replacing the
portable packages. I would like to discuss whether an optional multilingual
installer could be offered alongside them, mainly as an accessibility and
international usability feature.

Thank you for developing and maintaining Umi-OCR.

简体中文翻译

The following Chinese translation was machine-assisted. If there are any ambiguities, please consider the English version authoritative.

以下中文内容由机器辅助翻译。如有任何歧义，请以英文版本为准。

建议：提供可选的多语言 Windows 安装程序

你好，

我目前正在完善并人工校对 Umi-OCR 的德语翻译，校对进度已经超过 60%。

在测试当前的 Windows 版本时，我注意到软件目前以便携式 .7z 压缩包或自解压 .7z.exe 文件的形式发布，而不是使用传统的安装程序。

请问你是否愿意考虑在保留现有便携版的同时，额外提供一个可选的多语言 Windows 安装程序？

这可能会显著改善国际用户以及不太熟悉电脑操作的用户的使用体验，例如提供：

根据 Windows 系统语言自动选择安装程序语言；
清晰地选择安装目录；
可选的桌面快捷方式和开始菜单快捷方式；
完整、方便的卸载功能；
对 PaddleOCR 版本和 RapidOCR 版本的区别进行说明；
首次启动时，根据安装语言或系统语言自动选择对应的 Umi-OCR 界面语言。

现有的便携版安装包当然应该继续保留。

Inno Setup 可能是一个相对轻量的方案，因为它原生支持多语言安装程序。我愿意协助提供德语安装界面的翻译，并在德语版 Windows 系统上测试安装程序。

请问你是否愿意在未来版本中考虑这个建议？

我找到了相关的建议 #767。该建议提出增加安装版，而回复中也说明了
Umi-OCR 采用便携式、免安装设计的原因。

我的建议略有不同：我并不建议替换现有的便携版，而是想讨论是否可以在
保留便携版的同时，额外提供一个可选的多语言安装程序，主要用于改善国际
用户以及不太熟悉电脑操作的用户的使用体验。

感谢你开发并维护 Umi-OCR。