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Scanned PDF to text and tables

Read a scanned PDF - a photocopied report, an old filing, a document that reached you as pictures of pages - and get the text of every page plus the tables that were on them, as real rows and columns. Empty cells stay null so nothing shifts, and a cell the OCR could not read is flagged separately instead of being passed off as blank. Ten languages, no API key, no cloud OCR account.

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PDF Text Extractor & OCR - Scanned PDF to Text, Tables & CSV
PDF Text Extractor & OCR - Scanned PDF to Text, Tables & CSVpractical_ophthalmologist_iuq/scanned-pdf-ocr
Record
File
Page
Pages
+13 fields
Text
Number
Boolean
List
Object

Input

PDF URLs(required):https://www.archives.gov/files/research/jfk/releases/docid-32204484.pdf
Languages:eng
What to return:both
Render resolution (DPI):300

Output fields

Record
File
Page
Pages
Title
Rows
Columns
Empty cells
Unreadable cells
Confidence
Mode
Header
Rows
Markdown
CSV
Page text
Note

How it works

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Create your Apify account to access the PDF Text Extractor & OCR - Scanned PDF to Text, Tables & CSV.

Start the run02

The Actor will start running based on the input automatically.

Receive the output03

Monitor the progress in real-time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review.

Integrate into your workflow04

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow.

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