ocrmypdf: generate a searchable PDF
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What is ocrmypdf? 🔗
ocrmypdf is a command-line app to 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 .
Usage 🔗
Create a new searchable PDF/A file from a scanned PDF or image file:
ocrmypdf path/to/input_file path/to/output.pdf
Replace a scanned PDF file with a searchable PDF file:
ocrmypdf path/to/file.pdf path/to/file.pdf
Skip pages of a mixed-format input PDF file that already contain text:
ocrmypdf --skip-text path/to/input.pdf path/to/output.pdf
Clean, de-skew, and rotate pages of a poor scan:
ocrmypdf --clean --deskew --rotate-pages path/to/input_file path/to/output.pdf
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
Display help:
ocrmypdf --help
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