Create Searchable PDFs by OCR

VB C#

using IronOcr;

var ocrTesseract = new IronTesseract();

using var ocrInput = new OcrInput();

ocrInput.LoadImage(@"images\page1.png");
ocrInput.LoadImage(@"images\page2.bmp");

var page = new int[]{ 2, 3 };
ocrInput.LoadImageFrames(@"images\page3.tiff", page);

ocrInput.Deskew();

var ocrResult = ocrTesseract.Read(ocrInput);

ocrResult.SaveAsSearchablePdf("searchable.pdf");

Imports IronOcr

Private ocrTesseract = New IronTesseract()

Private ocrInput = New OcrInput()

ocrInput.LoadImage("images\page1.png")
ocrInput.LoadImage("images\page2.bmp")

Dim page = New Integer(){ 2, 3 }
ocrInput.LoadImageFrames("images\page3.tiff", page)

ocrInput.Deskew()

Dim ocrResult = ocrTesseract.Read(ocrInput)

ocrResult.SaveAsSearchablePdf("searchable.pdf")

Install-Package IronOcr

Create Searchable PDFs by OCR

We can use Iron's advanced Tesseract engine to convert images to searchable PDFs. It can also make existing PDFs searchable.

This adds to SEO performance and internal search indexing within intranets and databases.

How to Create Searchable PDFs with IronOCR Tesseract

Install the OCR library to create searchable PDFs.
Install the OCR library to create searchable PDFs.
Create an OcrInput object and use AddImage to register the image path.
Call all the required methods to process the image.
Use the Read method on the OcrInput object.
Call SaveAsSearchablePdf to save the images as a single PDF.

Discover how to enhance your PDFs with our Searchable PDF Guide using IronOCR and Tesseract!

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