Make any PDF have Searchable, Copyable Text

VB C#

using IronOcr;

var ocrTesseract = new IronTesseract();

using var ocrInput = new OcrInput();
ocrInput.LoadPdf("scan.pdf", Password: "password");

// Clean up twisted pages
ocrInput.Deskew();

var ocrResult = ocrTesseract.Read(ocrInput);
ocrResult.SaveAsSearchablePdf("searchable.pdf");

Imports IronOcr

Private ocrTesseract = New IronTesseract()

Private ocrInput = New OcrInput()
ocrInput.LoadPdf("scan.pdf", Password:= "password")

' Clean up twisted pages
ocrInput.Deskew()

Dim ocrResult = ocrTesseract.Read(ocrInput)
ocrResult.SaveAsSearchablePdf("searchable.pdf")

Install-Package IronOcr

Make any PDF have Searchable, Copyable Text

We can use Iron's advanced Tesseract engine to make scanned PDF documents searchable and indexable, allowing users to copy and paste text. Below is an example of how this might be done in Python:

# Import necessary libraries
from iron_tesseract import IronTesseract

# Initialize IronTesseract OCR
ocr_engine = IronTesseract()

# Define a function to perform OCR on a PDF document
def make_pdf_searchable(input_pdf_path, output_pdf_path):
    """
    This function takes a scanned PDF file and makes it searchable by extracting the text
    and embedding it back into the PDF. The output is a searchable PDF document.

    :param input_pdf_path: str - the file path for the input scanned PDF document
    :param output_pdf_path: str - the file path to save the searchable PDF document
    """
    try:
        # Perform OCR on the input PDF and save the output
        ocr_engine.ocr_pdf(input_pdf_path, output_pdf_path)
        print(f"Searchable PDF saved successfully at: {output_pdf_path}")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"An error occurred: {e}")

# Example usage
input_pdf = "scanned_document.pdf"  # Path to the scanned PDF file
output_pdf = "searchable_document.pdf"  # Path to save the searchable PDF

# Call the function to make the PDF searchable
make_pdf_searchable(input_pdf, output_pdf)

# Import necessary libraries
from iron_tesseract import IronTesseract

# Initialize IronTesseract OCR
ocr_engine = IronTesseract()

# Define a function to perform OCR on a PDF document
def make_pdf_searchable(input_pdf_path, output_pdf_path):
    """
    This function takes a scanned PDF file and makes it searchable by extracting the text
    and embedding it back into the PDF. The output is a searchable PDF document.

    :param input_pdf_path: str - the file path for the input scanned PDF document
    :param output_pdf_path: str - the file path to save the searchable PDF document
    """
    try:
        # Perform OCR on the input PDF and save the output
        ocr_engine.ocr_pdf(input_pdf_path, output_pdf_path)
        print(f"Searchable PDF saved successfully at: {output_pdf_path}")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"An error occurred: {e}")

# Example usage
input_pdf = "scanned_document.pdf"  # Path to the scanned PDF file
output_pdf = "searchable_document.pdf"  # Path to save the searchable PDF

# Call the function to make the PDF searchable
make_pdf_searchable(input_pdf, output_pdf)

PYTHON

Explanation:

Import Libraries: We import the IronTesseract library, which provides the OCR capability to process scanned documents.
Initialize the OCR Engine: We create an instance of IronTesseract, allowing us to utilize its methods for OCR tasks.
Function Definition: The make_pdf_searchable function takes an input PDF path and an output PDF path as its parameters. It processes the input PDF to extract text and embeds the text back into a new PDF, making it searchable.
Error Handling: A try-except block is used to handle any exceptions that may occur during the OCR process, ensuring that the user is informed in case of an error.
Example Usage: We specify the paths to the input and output PDF documents and call the function to carry out the OCR process.

With this setup, you can efficiently convert scanned documents into searchable PDFs, enhancing their utility and accessibility.