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Can I auto split / save / rename files using OCR ?

Community Beginner ,
Sep 03, 2021 Sep 03, 2021

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Hi, I'm looking for suggestions on how to do the following as an automated process:

 

  1.  Auto split a multi page pdf into individual pages
  2. Use OCR to find a reference number in a specific area of the single document
  3. Save the individual documents with a file name matching that reference number combined with today's date
  4. If possible create a CSV file listing the references numbers scanned and save this to the same folder

 

Basically I'm looking to make a very time consuming manual process a little bit easier to manage.

 

Thanks in advance for any suggestions

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Create PDFs , Edit and convert PDFs , How to , Scan documents and OCR

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Sep 03, 2021 Sep 03, 2021

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All is possible, but you are looking for a highly automated process that needs extensive programming. It's probably worth to investigate, if you have a lot (not a thousand, but thousands) of documents to work on. And it won't be a cheap solution…

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

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Sep 03, 2021 Sep 03, 2021

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I would not split the file as the first step. Instead, OCR the entire file, then run a script on the individual pages in it searching for reference number, and when found extract that page as a new file. This will make it easier to generate the output CSV file and will also save you a couple of steps along the file.

The script to do it would have to be custom-made, and will be quite complex, though.

 

If you're interested in hiring someone to create it for you (for a fee, of course) feel free to contact me privately via [try6767 at gmail.com] to discuss it further.

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Sep 30, 2021 Sep 30, 2021

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We use Adobe Acrobat DC with the Evermap AutoSplit Pro plugin. Does exactly what you need, but there is a cost for Acrobat and the plugin. 

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Oct 01, 2021 Oct 01, 2021

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Many thanks, this looks like the route I will take, much appreciated!

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