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batch TIFFS to OCR PDFs

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Hi, I am trying to batch about 80,000 individual TIFF document images into OCR searchable PDF separate documents. Any suggestions?

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Joe

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Lovekesh GargCorrect answer

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You can use Adobe Acrobat for this. There is feature "Recognize text in multiple files". You can add folders of files and/or files to run OCR on it.

Go to Tools> Enhance scans> "Or recognize text in multiple files"> Add files (now select as many files of any type you want)

If any PDF is already opened

Go to Tools> Enhance scans> Recognize text> In multiple files> Add files (now select as many files of any type you want)

Also these steps are for Acrobat DC, for older versions of Acrobat, naming convention is quite different.

Hope it will resolve your issue. Please feel free to ask anything you want.

Thanks.

Lovekesh GargCorrect answer

Adobe Employee

You can use Adobe Acrobat for this. There is feature "Recognize text in multiple files". You can add folders of files and/or files to run OCR on it.

Go to Tools> Enhance scans> "Or recognize text in multiple files"> Add files (now select as many files of any type you want)

If any PDF is already opened

Go to Tools> Enhance scans> Recognize text> In multiple files> Add files (now select as many files of any type you want)

Also these steps are for Acrobat DC, for older versions of Acrobat, naming convention is quite different.

Hope it will resolve your issue. Please feel free to ask anything you want.

Thanks.

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Thanks!

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Other programs you would recommend?

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Well, one process is converting the TIFF files to PDF. Another is to perform OCR on them.

There are several tools that can do the former more efficiently than Acrobat. ABBYY FineReader can do the latter.

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Yes: Don't use Acrobat. It's not suited for processing that many files, unless you don't mind doing it in batches of up to 500 files.

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