Is there any way to Speed up OCRing in Acrobat Pro DC?

old post, but as a suggestion, use the searchable image output option.
Usually you are just wanting to be able to search the document anyway. If you really need the covert to editable text/images option you'll just have to wait.
I've heard that searchable image option has more accurate ocr over the editable text/image option, but i've never tested it.

I can't say for sure but are you comparing apples to apples? By that I mean is the type of document scanned the same? Is the resolution the same? Is the quality of the scan the same? Is your computer the same? Is the OS of the computer the same?

I could go on but you get the idea. FWIW, I found no difference between the speed of Acrobat 9, X, XI, and DC. But in each case, my parameters of the thing being OCRed was the same.

Did you have differences from before versus now?