How to use OCR and Scan feature | Adobe Acrobat Pro DC

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This video will walk participants through how to Scan and OCR a PDF using Adobe Acrobat Pro.
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[@kalinannonimous5878]

this looks pretty helpful.

[@Rio_de_Risco]

Thank you man i couldn't find the OCR button

[@TheAccessibilityGuy]

Sometimes it likes to hide! :)

[@princemofokeng4634]

Thank bro highly appreciate it ✊🏾

[@TheAccessibilityGuy]

Of course!

[@DaVixoxo]

Thank you!

[@TheAccessibilityGuy]

You're welcome!

[@user-kilrilirrlri]

is the ocr in adobe acrobat pro dc runs online or offline in the app? does it need internet connection to run ocr Edit: It's offline for me as of 2015 version

[@TheAccessibilityGuy]

I have no idea!

[@hanlu4903]

Hi, just a quick question. Which of the OCR programs are you recommanding in the following case: After an 2-month intensive language course in Mexico I have more than 300 handwritten pages with vocabulary lists . So the left side of the page is in Spanish and the right side in English . In an act of cleaning my shelves I recently scanned all these pages (with an industrial scanner) and now I have a few pfd files on my computer. Now I'd like to use a well working OCR to get the handwritten mega list into an Excel file . Any suggetions for OCR on handwriting? Thanks.

[@TheAccessibilityGuy]

Hey there! Adobe acrobat is not the best tool for handwriting. You will have better options with a program called abbyy finereader. Here is a playlist of videos for that program: kzbin.info/aero/PL2GnpAhfNiFEHtTc0zQGlso08Wdk_SY66 You should know that it is not a free program, and there is a bit of a learning curve.

[@amahana6188]

The only issue I'm having is that is flipping one page sideways. The page has a chart, but so do some of the other pages....but for some reason, it only flips this one page sideways.

[@TheAccessibilityGuy]

You have to do every page one at a time

[@carbonarrow7]

So how do you scan a letter Doc and not have it crop smaller as a letter sized in pdf Letter page, but stay as a full letter page?????

[@TheAccessibilityGuy]

Umm what. Lol

[@carbonarrow7]

@@TheAccessibilityGuy Well is it apparent that your channel is a useless uninformed one. What a looser.

[@SergeantHelm]

I like the vid. If I click on "open" San & OCR it just says wait for it to install for it to be used. This promt doesnt go away however. Now I can not use it. Best regards :D

[@TheAccessibilityGuy]

Hmm. Are you ok Mac or PC? Also, do you have a file open when you click it?

[@SergeantHelm]

@@TheAccessibilityGuy i have a PC (Windows 10). I have the file open before i click on "open"

[@TheAccessibilityGuy]

@@SergeantHelm I'm honestly not sure. You can send me a screenshot or video [e-mail] and I can try to help troubleshoot further.

[@SergeantHelm]

@@TheAccessibilityGuy it is a German account so I don’t think you will understand what it will say :(

[@TheAccessibilityGuy]

@@SergeantHelm Obwohl ich kein Deutsch spreche, bin ich mit Technologien vertraut, die mir bei der Übersetzung helfen können. Ich bin dennoch gerne bereit, zu versuchen, Ihnen bei Problemen zu helfen, wenn Sie möchten.

[@sumanrbrbehala]

can i chage any text?

[@TheAccessibilityGuy]

As long as the text is recognized using the OCR feature yes.

[@mahmoudm.s.dwaikat1482]

No, in fact everything is not working. It failed to OCR the small image on the right. Also, I tried on images with background colors, and it failed to even see the text in them. It seems to only work if the background is only white. In other words: Useless

[@TheAccessibilityGuy]

Yeah - the OCR Is not great inside adobe

[@mahmoudm.s.dwaikat1482]

@@TheAccessibilityGuy The best solution for such problem is to use AI specific software that can decode the text from images whose background is a jungle of colors and shapes, can you suggest something like that?

[@12erivera]

Too long for a process that can be shown in under a minute. Sorry

[@TheAccessibilityGuy]

Appreciate the feedback

[@joedafreelancer4931]

3 minutes booooooooooooooring

[@TheAccessibilityGuy]

This made me laugh! I bet you still learned something 😍