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Guides on OCR, Languages, and PDF Workflows
Practical writeups on making PDFs searchable — what works, what doesn't, and what to check before you trust the output.
How to Make a PDF Searchable: The Complete Guide
Scanned PDFs are images, not text — until you run OCR on them. Here's how to do it well.
May 2, 2026 · 6 min read · guide
OCR Arabic PDFs Online: A Practical Guide
Arabic OCR is solvable, but RTL layout and contextual letter shaping trip up most tools.
May 2, 2026 · 5 min read · language
OCR Hindi PDFs Online: Devanagari, Conjuncts, and Layout
Devanagari conjuncts and matras are where most OCR engines fall over. Here's what to watch for.
May 2, 2026 · 5 min read · language
OCR Chinese, Japanese, and Korean PDFs
CJK scripts pack thousands of distinct characters per page. Engine choice and preprocessing matter more than for Latin text.
May 2, 2026 · 5 min read · language
Extract Text From a Scanned PDF: Workflows That Actually Work
Five workflows for different goals: a clean .txt, a copy-pasteable PDF, layout preservation, or all three.
May 2, 2026 · 7 min read · workflow