AI & Machine Learning

How to extract text from PDFs and scanned documents (and how to tell which pages need OCR)

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Extracting text from PDFs and scanned documents requires different approaches, as digital PDFs contain embedded text while scanned PDFs are essentially images needing Optical Character Recognition (OCR). A new tool and workflow have emerged to automate this process, distinguishing between digital and scanned pages to apply the appropriate method, saving time and resources. For those building AI-powered applications that rely on document processing, understanding these distinctions and available tools is crucial for efficient data extraction.

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