Information processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for processing information, the process comprising:

• recognizing a character included in image information and outputting character information;
• searching for a character string in the character information output from the image information, in accordance with search instruction information that instructs the character string including at least one character included in the image information to be searched for and association information that associates in advance a first character serving as an input target to the character recognition unit with a second character that is output when the first character is recognized;
• and
• correcting the character string hit in searching, based on the association information.

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• character recognition means for recognizing a character included in image information and outputs character information;
• searching means for searching for a character string in the character information output from the image information, in accordance with search instruction information that instructs the character string including at least one character included in the image information to be searched for and association information that associates in advance a first character serving as an input target to the character recognition means with a second character that is output when the character recognition means recognizes the first character;
• and
• correcting means for correcting the character string hit in searching, based on the association information.