OCRmyPDF - App Details
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OCRmyPDF
OCRmyPDF adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched
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License
MPL-2.0 license
Platforms
macOS
Other Platforms
WindowsLinux
OCRmyPDF is a free open-source command-line tool that adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched or copy-pasted. It is already being used to scan and search millions of heavy PDF files.
Features
Its features include:
- Generates a searchable PDF/A file from a regular PDF
- Places OCR text accurately below the image to ease copy / paste
- Keeps the exact resolution of the original embedded images
- When possible, inserts OCR information as a "lossless" operation without disrupting any other content
- Optimizes PDF images, often producing files smaller than the input file
- If requested, deskews and/or cleans the image before performing OCR
- Validates input and output files
- Distributes work across all available CPU cores
- Uses Tesseract OCR engine to recognize more than 100 languages
- Keeps your private data private.
- Scales properly to handle files with thousands of pages.
