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I just realized you can now open a PDF document in Firefox and select text directly from scanned images embedded in the document (so basically transparently reliable doing OCR). It is also surprisingly reliable, only sometimes mistaking a "oh" for a "zero" in a long string of numbers. I neither know when this was introduced nor who added this feature, but from the bottom of my heart: thank you, thank you, thank you, you have made my daily life a lot easier. I also haven't really explored the limits of the feature and under what conditions it starts failing, but: in my daily workflow so far,…
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I made this because the online "make my PDF look scanned" tools want you to upload your file to their servers, which feels sketchy at best. Also, I wasn't happy with the output they produce, I wanted something that looks realistic.
Jun 2026 · github.com
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Free online OCR editor to edit scanned PDF text in browser
Aug 2026 · editscannedpdf.com
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2015 · searchablepdfs.org
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2024 · pdf.darefail.com
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Turn images and documents into editable text instantly
18d ago · play.google.com
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2021 · chrome.google.com
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