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Read a scanned PDF with OCR

No text layer, no problem: scanned pages are run through OCR before the text is returned.

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Document Text Extractor
Document Text Extractorlergassy/document-text-extractor
Source
Format
Title
Pages
+8 fields
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Number
Boolean
List
Object

Input

📄 Document URLs:https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lergassy/apify-actor-assets/main/document-text-extractor/sample-scan.pdf
🔍 OCR scanned pages ($):true
OCR language:eng
Max OCR pages per document:20

Output fields

Source
Format
Title
Pages
Pages read
Words
Tables
Chunks
OCR pages
Status
Error
Markdown

How it works

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Start the "Read a scanned PDF with OCR" task

The Document Text Extractor Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like 📄 document urls, 🔍 ocr scanned pages ($), and more, to match your specific use case.

Receive the "Read a scanned PDF with OCR" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as source, format, title, and more.

Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also run the "Read a scanned PDF with OCR" task via API.

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