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OCR Tesseract for Scanned PDFs

OCR Tesseract is a free, local Docker action that adds a searchable text layer to scanned PDFs. It uses the open-source Tesseract OCR engine, so your files never leave your machine. Use it when a PDF has only scanned images and no selectable text.

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Key Capabilities

  • Adds a searchable OCR text layer to scanned PDFs, so text becomes selectable and searchable
  • Also supports dozens of recognition languages, configurable via the language parameter
  • Runs 100% locally via Docker – no cloud upload
  • Uses the lightweight, open-source Tesseract engine, so setup stays fast

Runs locally, fits your workflow

  • Runs 100% locally via Docker, so no data ever leaves your machine
  • Requires Docker running before install or execution
  • Integrates into the PDFix SDK action pipeline alongside other accessibility actions

Action Summary

Free · LocalOCR (Tesseract)Automatically adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files using PDFix SDK and the open-source Tesseract engine
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