ocrmypdf

Generate a searchable PDF or PDF/A from a scanned PDF or an image of text.

• Create a new searchable PDF/A file from a scanned PDF or image file:

ocrmypdf {path/to/input_file} {path/to/output.pdf}

• Replace a scanned PDF file with a searchable PDF file:

ocrmypdf {path/to/file.pdf} {path/to/file.pdf}

• Skip pages of a mixed-format input PDF file that already contain text:

ocrmypdf --skip-text {path/to/input.pdf} {path/to/output.pdf}

• Clean, de-skew, and rotate pages of a poor scan:

ocrmypdf --clean --deskew --rotate-pages {path/to/input_file} {path/to/output.pdf}

• Set the metadata of the searchable PDF file:

ocrmypdf --title "{title}" --author "{author}" --subject "{subject}" --keywords "{keyword; key phrase; ...}" {path/to/input_file} {path/to/output.pdf}

• Display help:

ocrmypdf --help

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