OCR

OCR to PDF ≈

Recognize text in scanned documents or images and export PDF through the OneKit CLI. Recognition quality depends on the scan and installed OCR engines.

⌑ Files stay on your device

Browser support is in development.

This operation is available through the CLI with the required engine. Processing availability depends on installed dependencies and license policy.

Get the CLI

How to use OCR to PDF

Install the OneKit CLI on Windows, macOS or Linux.
Run onekit doctor ocr-to-pdf to check the Python packages and external engines required by this tool.
Use onekit run ocr-to-pdf with your PDF, PNG, JPEG, WebP, GIF, BMP, TIFF, ICO, an output destination and the required tool options. Browser processing for this tool is still in development.

onekit doctor ocr-to-pdf

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Formats and requirements

Input formats: PDF, PNG, JPEG, WebP, GIF, BMP, TIFF, ICO
Output: PDF
Availability: OneKit CLI; browser version in development
Files per operation: 1

What to expect

Recognition depends on scan quality and installed language packs. Equations and layout may need manual correction.

External engines declared for this operation: tesseract. Run the CLI dependency check for the exact requirements on your system.

Does this tool run in the browser?

This tool currently runs through the local OneKit CLI. The browser version is in development. Install its required packages or external engines before processing your files.

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