Get the text out of scanned PDFs with OCR
Scanned PDFs have no text to copy. Each page is rendered and read by OCR, with a confidence score so you know which pages to check.
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The PDF Text Extractor - Page by Page, With OCR for Scans Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like PDF URLs, pages per pdf, and more, to match your specific use case.
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