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Make a Scanned PDF Searchable
Use OCRmyPDF and Tesseract to put searchable text over scanned pages.
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How to use Make a Scanned PDF Searchable
Use MallowShare’s Make a Scanned PDF Searchable workspace when you need to work with a file directly in your browser. The steps below describe what to check before sharing or downloading the result.
- Upload a scanned PDF with text contained in page images.
- Run OCR using the installed recognition engine.
- Download the result and test text search and copying on representative pages.
What to check before you download
OCR can misread faint characters, unusual fonts and multi-column layouts.
Keep a copy of your source file until you have opened and checked the exported result.
Make a Scanned PDF Searchable — common questions
Does OCR always recognize every word?
No. Accuracy depends on scan quality, language and page layout.
Does OCR change the appearance?
Review the output pages and text layer because OCR may introduce recognition errors.