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Processing large volumes of pdf to get text-enabled pdfs
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 10:57 am
by ynbatch
Hi,
I have the issue that I sometimes have to process large volume of pdf documents, and ocr those in order to obtain the pdf with the text layer.
Does pdf-xchange allow processing of e.g. a whole folder containing pdfs, and produce a version of those pdfs which is ocr'd?
Thanks in advance
Cheers
PS: tried to search fro this but could not find it in the forum, so sorry if the question has already been asked
Re: Processing large volumes of pdf to get text-enabled pdfs
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 11:34 am
by Tracker Supp-Stefan
Hello Y N Batch,
I am afraid that the current OCR tool that we offer can only work with one document at a time. We are currently working on a batch processing tool, but it will not be part of the free Viewer as the current OCR functionality. I expect this batch OCR tool to be available in the next few months after the release of the PDF-X Editor (the product that will succeed the current Viewer by the end of this month):
https://www.pdf-xchange.com/pdfxve3
Kind Regards,
Stefan Dzhukelov
Re: Processing large volumes of pdf to get text-enabled pdfs
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 11:47 am
by ynbatch
Thanks for the reply.
It's a pity the batch processing will only be available in the next few months as it's a tool I would have liked to use as soon as possible
Cheers
Re: Processing large volumes of pdf to get text-enabled pdfs
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 11:58 am
by Tracker Supp-Stefan
Hi ynbatch,
Glad to help! And I assure you we are working as hard as we can to have it ready asap!
Cheers,
Stefan
Re: Processing large volumes of pdf to get text-enabled pdfs
Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 9:30 am
by pittlj
[quote="Tracker Supp-Stefan"]Hi ynbatch,
This tool or batch number to PDF files in batch processing should be done now but with OCR?
Josef
Re: Processing large volumes of pdf to get text-enabled pdfs
Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 9:49 am
by Tracker Supp-Stefan
Hello Josef,
Welcome to our forums. Apologies but I am not sure I 100% understand your question. Could you please try to reword it a bit?
Regards,
Stefan
Re: Processing large volumes of pdf to get text-enabled pdfs
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 9:26 am
by pittlj
Ich möchte mehrere Pdf Dateien mit OCR bearbeiten. Dies soll aber autumatisch geschehen.
z.B. Im verzeichnis Buchhaltung befinden sich 300 Pdf Dateien mit dem Namen Beleg0001.pdf bis Beleg0300.pdf. Diese Dateien alle einzelln mit Pdf Xchange zu Öffnen, OCR Konvertieren und wieder zu Speichern ist sehr mühsam.
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I want to process several PDF files with OCR. But this should be done autumatisch.
e.g. The directory contains 300 accounting pdf files with the name Beleg0001.pdf to Beleg0300.pdf. These files all einzelln with Pdf Xchange to open, OCR and convert again to save is very tedious. (Google translate)
Re: Processing large volumes of pdf to get text-enabled pdfs
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 9:37 am
by Tracker Supp-Stefan
Hello pittlj,
Thanks. Now it is more clear, but I am afraid that the current OCR tool offered in our Viewer/Editor is not intended for batch use. We are considering an OCR plug-in for the Editor that will allow this, but for the moment you need to OCR PDF files one by one.
Regards,
Stefan