ocrmypdf
Generate a searchable PDF or PDF/A from a scanned PDF or an image of text. More information: https://ocrmypdf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/cookbook.html.
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Create a new searchable PDF/A file from a scanned PDF or image file:
ocrmypdf {{path/to/input_file}} {{path/to/output.pdf}}
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Replace a scanned PDF file with a searchable PDF file:
ocrmypdf {{path/to/file.pdf}} {{path/to/file.pdf}}
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Skip pages of a mixed-format input PDF file that already contain text:
ocrmypdf --skip-text {{path/to/input.pdf}} {{path/to/output.pdf}}
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Clean, de-skew, and rotate pages of a poor scan:
ocrmypdf --clean --deskew --rotate-pages {{path/to/input_file}} {{path/to/output.pdf}}
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Set the metadata of the searchable PDF file:
ocrmypdf --title "{{title}}" --author "{{author}}" --subject "{{subject}}" --keywords "{{keyword; key phrase; ...}}" {{path/to/input_file}} {{path/to/output.pdf}}
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Display help:
ocrmypdf --help
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