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OCR, deskew and clean up scanned paper. How to make a scan searchable, straighten a phone photo and get editable text out of it.
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Make a Scanned PDF Searchable Without Uploading the Scan
Scanners produce pictures of paper, and you cannot search a picture. OCR turns those pixels into a real text layer — and it can run entirely inside your browser, which matters more than you'd think.
ScansOCR First: When a Scan Needs a Text Layer
A scan looks finished but behaves like a photograph. Adding a text layer unlocks the next job, whether that is search, conversion or renaming.
ScansRename a PDF From Its Own Text
Scans arrive as scan0001.pdf. The invoice number is on the page — use it as the filename instead of typing it.
ScansRename PDFs: Patterns That Avoid Duplicate Names
Two invoices with the same supplier name can produce the same filename. A good pattern anticipates that before the folder fills with collisions.