What pdfocr is for
Suppose you have a PDF document that was made using a scanner, or otherwise consists of image data but doesn’t have text data. Such a PDF can’t be searched by PDF readers or desktop search applications. pdfocr is a simple utility I made that takes a PDF file, then generates a new one that has the text layer added, so it’s searchable by your PDF reader and can be indexed by your desktop search application, but is still identical when printed.
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