PDF Image + Searchable Text Conversion

PDF Image + Searchable Text Conversion: (formerly known as PDF plus hidden text) contains a bitmapped image of the original, and a hidden layer of searchable text. The conversion process involves: scanning the hardcopy original, performing OCR (Optical Character Recognition) to capture the text of the document, and distilling the two layers into a PDF searchable image file. Though text can be searched, hyperlinks and bookmarks are not fully functional in this format. As with PDF image only, PDF searchable image files are only as legible as the original. And PDF searchable image files have the largest file size of the three types - this can be a big issue if the PDF document is bound for the Internet.

Pages will be displayed as image resulting in accuracy which is inherently high based on image displayed.

Text resulting from an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) process may be “bonded” to the originating image to create a PDF/Searchable Image file. When you search for words or phrases, they will be highlighted in the image. 

This background text allows searchability, but the accuracy is dependent on the quality of your originals and other factors. Based on this background text, you have two options:

For many applications, the raw conversion with uncorrected text is accurate enough. For clients needing higher accuracy rates, Suntec will correct and proofread the OCR output. This process is often vital for documents containing italicized characters and small text, or for poor-quality original documents.

PDF/Searchable Image files may be indexed for full-text retrieval by any search engine capable of indexing PDF files.