MAKE PDF SEARCHABLE (OCR)
Add a searchable text layer to scanned PDF documents using OCR. The visual appearance stays the same but you can now search, select, and copy text.
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Automatic format identification and lossless transcoding across 198+ formats.
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MAKE PDF SEARCHABLE (OCR)
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