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Scanned PDF to text with OCR

Read scanned PDFs and turn them into searchable text with OCR, in English, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese or Polish. Pages that already have text are read directly and never charged for OCR.

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PDF Text Extractor: PDF and Image to Text, with OCR
PDF Text Extractor: PDF and Image to Text, with OCRvindr/pdf-text-extractor
File
Status
Title
Pages
+6 fields
Text
Number
Boolean
List
Object

Input

PDF or image URLs, or web pages:https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF/main/tests/resources/jbig2.pdf+1
Read scanned pages and images (OCR):true
OCR languages:eng+1
Output format:both
Split output by:document

Output fields

File
Status
Title
Pages
Page
Chunk
Characters
Text
Problem
URL

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The PDF Text Extractor: PDF and Image to Text, with OCR Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like PDF or image URLs, or web pages, read scanned pages and images (ocr), and more, to match your specific use case.

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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 file, status, title, and more.

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

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