How to do text recognition on Adobe Acrobat Reader DC

[alexandradefreitas]

Hi

How do I run a text recognition on my pdf documents on Adobe Acrobat Reader DC? My app version is 2019.021.20061.

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[Test Screen Name · Accepted solution]

Reader doesn’t do that. You need to pay for Acrobat. 

[alexandradefreitas]

Thank you

[anthony28149913wci1]

Click on the “Edit PDF” tool in the right pane. Acrobat automatically applies optical character recognition (OCR) to your document and converts it to a fully editable copy of your PDF. Click the text element you wish to edit and start typing. New text matches the look of the original fonts in your scanned image.

[Chris26580052i6i9]

It doesn't anymore.  Also there used to be an actual Recognize Text tool that worked better than Edit but it doesn't seem to be there anymore.

[Chris26580052i6i9]

It's called Scan & OCR now but it doesn't seem to work.  After running it, I can't change any of the text.  It just doesn't work like it did before.  I wish Adobe would follow the old rule, If it ain't broke, don't fix it!