How do i ocr a pdf document

To ensure that actual text is stored in the document, perform the following steps:. The following image shows a scanned one-page document in Adobe Acrobat Pro. The next image shows the converted content after adding tags to the document. It will probably be necessary to use the TouchUp Reading Order tool and the Tags panel to tag the content properly for the intended final document. For this example, the image of the spiral book binding was tagged in the conversion.

The TouchUp Reading Order tool was used to hide the image as a background decorative image see. Load the scanned document in Acrobat Acrobat Pro. In the next dialog, select the All Pages radio button under Pages or Current Page if you are converting only one page , and then select OK.

Under the Settings list, select Edit. This is important for ensuring accessibility. Depending on the resolution and how clear the text was, OCR converts images of words and characters to actual text. Text that Acrobat Pro does not recognize is listed as an "OCR suspect," or text element that Acrobat suspects was not recognized correctly. Acrobat Pro presents each suspect one at a time, which can be corrected using Acrobat Pro touchup tools. The next image shows the converted content after adding tags to the document.

It will probably be necessary to use the TouchUp Reading Order tool and the Tags panel to tag the content properly for the intended final document. For this example, the image of the spiral book binding was tagged in the conversion. The recipe titles were tagged as first level headers. This example is shown in operation in the working example of generating actual text and the result of performing OCR.

PDF and Accessibility. For selecting a file from Document Cloud , click Document Cloud in the left pane and then select your file. In the Document Language drop-down list, select an appropriate document language for text recognition.

The selected PDF file is uploaded to the server and the content is exported to the desired format. Click the Download icon to save the file on your computer or device. If the language selected is correct, go to the next step.

Once the file is converted, you see a confirmation prompt with the link to open or save as the converted file. Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy.