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Recognise the text in a scanned PDF

A scan is a photo: you cannot search a word or copy a paragraph out of it. Text recognition turns that image into real text inside the PDF.

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How it works

  1. Open NAPDF and tap "Recognize text".
  2. Pick the scanned PDF you want to convert.
  3. Wait for processing and save: the new document can be searched and copied from.

What people use it for

Run text recognition (OCR) over a scanned document and turn it into a PDF you can search and copy from. It reads both Latin and Devanagari script.

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