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OCR Text Extractor: text from images and scanned PDFs

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Reads the text in images (PNG, JPEG, WebP, TIFF) and scanned PDF files you link to, page by page, with a confidence score for every line. OCR runs inside the actor; no outside service is called.

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OCR Text Extractor for Images and Scanned PDFs API through CLI

The Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use OCR Text Extractor: text from images and scanned PDFs locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install Apify CLI

Using installation script (macOS/Linux):

$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash

Using installation script (Windows):

$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex

Using Homebrew:

$brew install apify-cli

Using npm:

$npm install -g apify-cli

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