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Text recognition (OCR)
Are your scans (can also be a PDF or PDF/A) or images difficult to find when you need them? Or do you have trouble finding the right file among all your files? You can prevent this from happening in the future by applying text recognition als known as OCR to your files. You can do this easily and quickly below! You can do this by clicking on 'more options' and the ticking OCR and choosing the language in which the text is on the scan or image.
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Why text recognition?
Images and scans often contain interesting information that can be of value now or later. Only it is often difficult to find the right information from the right image or scan. For this it is very useful to apply text recognition to your scans and images. It is also useful to convert these scans and images for long-term storage to a PDF/A file. Read more about this in: What is PDF/A? In this way your images and scans are stored correctly and can also be found on your computer.
OCR is a process that con process an image or scan with text by converting the pixels into alphanumeric characters. The result of this is that your image or scan becomes a searchable PDF or PDF/A file. This is very useful for retrieving the information of the text on your scan or image with the help of your search functions (eg finder).
What are the benefits of OCR?
- You can look up a word within your document.
- You can find a document based on a word that is in that specific document
- You can extract filtered data from a document in another program such as CRM, ERP, GED and more programs thanks to the metadata
- You can edit a scanned Excel sheet
- You can arrange your documents based on content
- You can start a process (e-mail, fax, print, etc.) based on the content
Professional conversion (PDF/A) software installed within your own company
PDFen offers you the possibility to install your own conversion software / tool within the infrastructure of your own company. Files are converted without leaving the 'premises'. Do you want to know more? Please contact us so that we can offer you a customized offer.
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The moment you are involved in sharing PDFen.com with the rest of the world, there is a form of appreciation that we would love to give back! The moment you share pages/articles of us on social media, you receive a loyalty bonus consisting of credits.
How does it work?
At the bottom of each page you will see 4 symbols, 3 of these are from social media platforms. When you share a page/article with this button you will get a bonus of 20 credits. You will receive these 20 credits on top of your current credits.
You can click on the 'different' symbol if you have placed a post on sociale media yourself (without the buttons of the site). If you then fill in the pop up with where we can find your post, we will look at it and at the moment we approve it you will also get 20 credits from PDFen.com. You can also use this button when you have written a (positive) article on a blog or website about PDFen, the moment we approve it you will receive 50 credits as a loyalty bonus!
PDFen will first use your own credits and when these are used the credits you have obtained through the loyalty bonus will be used.
What happens if I abuse the loyalty bonus?
The moment we find out that you are sharing our pages/articles via for example fake account, you are no longer loyal. In fact, you are trying to abuse our services. When PDFen.com detects this, PDFen.com can block your account
Bulk conversion to PDF/A
Do you have many files that you want to convert to PDF/A? Then you are at the right place with PDFen! With PDFen you can convert as many files as you want! Would you like to know more about PDF/A? Read the article: what is PDF/A?
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If you want to do a bulk conversion to PDF/A with more than 10.000 documents you could contact us via the contact form or you could call us on the number +31 (0)73-6893243 and we will make a tailor-made offer for you!
Which files can PDFen convert to PDF/A?
All files that PDFen can convert to PDF, can PDFen also convert to PDF/A! Read here which file formats PDFen can convert: Which file formats can PDFen convert?
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