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How to OCR PDF on Computer with DocHub

DocHub is an innovative platform designed for efficient document management, allowing users to edit, sign, and distribute files seamlessly. With its powerful OCR capabilities, you can convert scanned PDFs into editable text for free, enhancing your productivity. Our online editor integrates smoothly with Google Workspace, ensuring that you can manage documents directly from your favorite apps. This guide will provide you with clear instructions on how to OCR PDF on Computer using our platform, making document handling both convenient and effective.

Follow the steps to OCR your PDF document:

Open the DocHub website and log in to your account.
Upload your PDF document that you wish to convert using the upload feature in the editor.
Once your document is uploaded, locate the OCR tool within the editing options to initiate the text recognition process.
Select the desired language for the OCR process to ensure accurate text conversion.
Allow the platform to process the document. Once completed, review the converted text for any necessary edits.
After reviewing, you can save your changes and choose to download, print, or share the newly editable document.

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Why is my PDF not OCR?

There are several common reasons why OCR might fail to recognize text in a PDF. Addressing these common pitfalls can docHubly improve OCR performance and ensure more accurate text recognition: Image quality. Low-resolution scans, poor image clarity, or text distortion can hamper OCR accuracy.

What is OCR in computer PDF?

OCR stands for Optical Character Recognition. It is a technology that recognizes text within a digital image. It is commonly used to recognize text in scanned documents and images. OCR software can be used to convert a physical paper document, or an image into an accessible electronic version with text.

How to OCR a PDF in Windows 10?

0:17 1:42 How to OCR PDF on Windows | UPDF - YouTube YouTube Start of suggested clip End of suggested clip Text using OCR button on the right toolbar. Next you must specify if the document type is aMoreText using OCR button on the right toolbar. Next you must specify if the document type is a searchable PDF or an image only PDF. If you want a text searching option use the first option.

How do I use OCR on a PDF for free?

How To Do OCR on PDF for Free Upload your document into the Choose Files box. Confirm your language for highest accuracy. Click to apply OCR to your document. Download your searchable PDF.

How do I make a PDF OCR readable?

Open Scan and OCR Tool If you open a PDF with un-recognized text, click the main document of the PDF. From the menu, choose Recognize Text. This will open the Scan and OCR tool. You can also right click the main document and choose Recognize Text from the menu.

How do I turn on OCR in docHub?

Scan OCR Select Scan OCR from the Tools center or right-hand pane. Select a file. Choose Scanned Document or Camera Image to enhance the document. Select Enhance to clean up the image. Select Recognize Text to manually recognize text on image files.

How do I enable OCR on a PDF?

Open a PDF file containing a scanned image in Acrobat for Mac or PC. Click on the Edit PDF tool in the right pane. Acrobat automatically applies optical character recognition (OCR) to your document and converts it to a fully editable copy of your PDF. Click the text element you wish to edit and start typing.

How do I add OCR to an existing PDF?

For most PDFs, you want to run Optimize after you scan them. First rename the file; then pull down the Document menu and select Optimize. Then, to run OCR: open the PDF file you want to run OCR on. Pull down the File menu, choose Save as, and add -ocr.

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How to OCR PDF on Computer with DocHub

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