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PDF/A Selection & Scanning Software

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Topic: PDF/A Selection & Scanning Software

Posted By: gsddad
Subject: PDF/A Selection & Scanning Software
Date Posted: 23 Feb 2013 at 3:44pm

I would like some recommendations for good software that will scan to PDF/A and software that will convert (preferably batch convert) PDF files to PDF/A. I have scanned documents in PDF and that need to be scanned to PDF that will be used for reference and research and also wonder whether PDF/A is the best format. I understand that PDF/A allows for searching of documents that have been created in that format and I hope that this correct.

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Posted By: aandi
Date Posted: 23 Feb 2013 at 6:18pm

You don't need PDF/A to be searchable. What you need is OCR.

PDF/A is an excellent format but it can be demanding.

Some flavours of PDF/A require tagging, which is going to require you to review the reading order of every word of text, for example.

It's labour intensive enough proofreading the OCR.

Posted By: BAlheit
Date Posted: 05 Mar 2015 at 2:09pm

Why do you repeat a 2 years old text?