When you scan a piece of paper, the resulting PDF is essentially a photograph of words. Search engines, document indexing systems, and operating systems cannot read what is written inside it. Converting your document to a searchable PDF unlocks the text without modifying the appearance of the original document.

This workflow is essential across industries: • Legal Practices: Converting discovery productions so paralegals can query case records. • Medical Records: Making patient intake paperwork and lab results searchable for clinicians. • Corporate Accounting: Enabling bookkeepers to search invoices by purchase order numbers and vendor names.

To achieve the highest OCR accuracy, ensure that source documents have sufficient lighting and contrast. Our engine automatically deskews tilted pages and cleans background shadows, but starting with a crisp 300 DPI scan ensures that fine punctuation marks like commas and decimal points are accurately recognized.