Make a Hindi scanned PDF searchable with OCR
Choose Hindi OCR, improve the source scan and verify names and numbers before relying on recognized text.
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- 01Scanned page image
- 02Hindi / English OCR
- 03Search and verify words
Decide whether you need OCR
Try selecting a word in your PDF viewer. If the page is only an image, OCR can recognize text from its pixels. If it already contains good selectable text, try PDF to Text first and avoid unnecessary reprocessing.
Start with a clean scan
Straighten the page, avoid shadows and make sure small characters remain visible. Low-resolution photos, faded ink and handwriting reduce accuracy. OCR does not recover detail that was never captured. Keep the original scan.
Select Hindi and run a small batch
Open OCR PDF and select the Hindi recognition option for Hindi text. Recognition runs locally using downloaded OCR models. The current limit is 20 pages and a 180-second deadline; split a larger document into manageable parts.
Verify searchable text
Search for a known word in the exported PDF, then compare names, dates and numbers against the visible scan. The PDF retains rendered page images with a searchable text layer; original links, forms and accessibility structure are not retained. OCR is not a certified transcription.