[blindLaw] Batch OCR

[Áine Kelly-Costello]

Hey I haven't had to do this but it looks like Foxit PhantomPDF has this
functionality via free addons:

https://www.foxitsoftware.com/blog/how-to-install-ocr-in-foxit-phantompdf/


And the info about the Phantom and other Foxit software is here, it's paid:

https://www.foxitsoftware.com/shopping/


Cheers,


Áine

On 21/04/2021 5:51 pm, Angela Matney via BlindLaw wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I believe I've asked this question before, but it's been a while, and maybe someone has new information.
>
> I'm looking for  an application that can OCR all of the PDFs in a given folder with little input from me. Ideally, it would integrate with Windows so that I could just click on the folder, process all the PDFs, and come back to a bunch of Word files later. Has anyone had good experiences with such an app? What about accessibility? Are there any apps that you've found to be particularly accessible (or inaccessible)?
>
> Most of the PDFs I have to deal with don't include handwriting. It's just that I can sometimes have quite a lot of them to deal with at once (such as when reviewing the contents of a virtual data room in an M&A transaction).
>
> Thanks for any input.
>
> Best,
>
> Angie
>
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