Acrobat Javascript OCR Example

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June 12, 2021
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I am looking for a Javascript example that executes OCR on a scanned document. I am having trouble finding the document methods that perform that and other Acrobat actions on a PDF document.

Thanks

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JR Boulay

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Yes, but this is a setting that is well hidden (and not available for PNG and JPEG formats):

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rjabendAuthor

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Is it ever lol, but it also appears it can be set for many file formats other than tiff. Thanks again!

gary_sc

Community Expert

(Thanks JR Boulay for that screenshot!)

Actually no. If you want automatic OCR-ing without a second step, you have to scan into the TIF format. Try it and see: if you scan into PNG or JPG, Acrobat will convert into a PDF but then it stops. To proceed with the OCR process, you then need to go into the Scan & OCR Tool, and then select the appropriate option for recognizing text

gary_sc

Community Expert

Hi rjabend,

I am sorry but I do not do any scripting so I cannot answer your question. HOWEVER, if you scan a document and save it as a png, or jpg, after converting that document to a PDF, you then have to go do an extra step to do the OCR process. On the other hand, if you save that document as a TIF, when opening that document in Acrobat, it will convert the document to a PDF AND also self-initiate the OCR process.

Just a small tip that might help you.