Acrobat Standard DC supports the OCR modes Searchable Image and Searchable Image and Text. It does not support the OCR mode Editable Text and Images on scanned documents.
When I was reading we ran into the query “Does adobe acrobat have ocr?”.
One answer was actually, Adobe Reader OCR (Optical Character Recognition) does not exist, if you want to use OCR, then you need to use Adobe Acrobat OCR. However, Acrobat OCR is much more expensive.
When you open a scanned document for editing, Acrobat automatically runs OCR (optical character recognition) in the background and converts the document into editable text and images. By default, only the current page is converted to editable text in one go.
Does Adobe Reader support OCR?
However, Adobe Reader doesn’t include an OCR module, meaning you can’t just upload a scanned PDF and activate OCR. Instead, Adobe Reader offers automatic text recognition that usually tries to detect the content in scanned documents – which can sometimes be inaccurate.
This of course begs the query “Is OCR or text recognition available in Acrobat STD DC?”
Is OCR or text recognition available in Acrobat Standard DC? Acrobat Standard DC supports the OCR modes Searchable Image and Searchable Image and Text.
Does Adobe Acrobat export PDF support optical character recognition?
See the Acrobat product page. Adobe Acrobat Export PDF supports optical character recognition, or OCR, when you convert a PDF file to Word (.doc and. docx), Excel (.xlsx), or RTF (rich text format). OCR is the conversion of images of text (scanned text) into editable characters, so that you can search, correct, and copy the text.
How do I convert a scanned PDF to OCR format?
Open the scanned PDF file in Acrobat. Choose Tools > Edit PDF. Acrobat automatically applies OCR to your document and converts it to a fully editable copy of your PDF. A prompt on the upper-right corner appears showing you the recognized OCR language.