Scanned PDF Text Extraction
Budget: $10 – $30 USD
I have a collection of scanned PDFs that I need turned into clean, machine-readable text so I can pull specific data points out later on. The files are almost entirely straightforward paragraphs—no tables, forms, or complex layouts—so the goal is simple: run accurate OCR, proof the output, and supply me with text files that mirror the original wording and structure line for line.
You’re free to use whichever OCR workflow you trust most (Tesseract, ABBYY, Adobe, or a custom Python script), as long as the final text is:
• Fully searchable and copy-pastable
• Formatted to match the original paragraphs
• 99 %+ accurate when compared against the source pages
Please return one UTF-8 plain-text file per PDF along with a quick note on the toolchain you used, so I can reproduce the process if needed.
You’re free to use whichever OCR workflow you trust most (Tesseract, ABBYY, Adobe, or a custom Python script), as long as the final text is:
• Fully searchable and copy-pastable
• Formatted to match the original paragraphs
• 99 %+ accurate when compared against the source pages
Please return one UTF-8 plain-text file per PDF along with a quick note on the toolchain you used, so I can reproduce the process if needed.