About OCR
OCR, wey be short for optical character recognition, dey read the letters wey dey inside picture of page and turn dem to real text. Scanned PDF na set of pictures, so you no fit search am, copy from am or make am read out loud. After OCR, the page go look exactly the same, but one invisible layer of text go sit behind the picture, wey line up with the words wey you dey see. Then you fit search, select, copy and paste. To choose the correct language matter: e dey tell the reader which letters and words to expect. Twenty-seven languages dey, including English, French, German, Spanish, Polish, Ukrainian, Arabic, Hebrew, Urdu, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Swahili, Filipino, Japanese, Korean and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), and you fit pick plenty. We dey skip pages wey already get text, so mixed document go only read where e need am, and those pages no go count for your allowance. For the best result, scan at 300 dpi, straight and for good light. PDF/A dey make version wey dem design for long-term archiving. To edit the text for Word or Excel, use Scan to Word or Excel instead.
Limits: files reach 25 MB with free account, 200 MB for Pro and 500 MB for Business; reach 3 files for each task for Free, 50 for Pro and 200 for Business. OCR pages every month: 20 with free account (20 before you sign in), 500 for Pro and 1,000 for each user for Business, wey the whole workspace share; paid plans fit continue with credits.
Before you sign in, files fit reach 25 MB and you fit run 10 server tasks every day. Free account go raise am to 25 MB and 10 tasks every day.
Privacy: your file dey upload through encrypted connection go our UK servers, e dey process by itself without any person opening am, and we go delete am inside 2 hours (1 hour on Free), or sharp sharp with Delete now.
How to use the PDF tools: Step-by-step help with every tool, limits and your files.
OCR PDF: questions wey people dey ask
How I go know if my PDF need OCR?
Try select one word or search for am. If nothing select or nothing show, the page na picture and e need OCR.
Which pages dey count for my OCR allowance?
Only pages wey we really read. Pages wey already get text, we go skip dem and we no go count dem.
OCR go change how my document look?
No. You no fit see the text layer, so the pages go look exactly as before.
Why e dey read some words wrong?
Scans wey blur, wey bend or wey get low resolution, and wrong language setting, na dem dey cause most errors. Scan again for 300 dpi and check the language.