Make a scanned document searchable (OCR to searchable PDF)
Turn scans into a searchable PDF: the original page images with an invisible text layer you can select and search in any PDF viewer. Pages are turned upright automatically. Also returns the recognized text and a confidence score per page. Replace the example with links to your own scans or PDFs.
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