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pdfsandwich

Wrapper for tesseract OCR and hocr2pdf to generate pdf files with the recognized text put behind the image (sandwich pdfs).

  • ocr-pdf-tool
  • CLI
  • DOCUMENT
  • OCR
  • Launchable
  • Runs in terminal
official+codex · reviewed · Jun 3, 2026 description in en

Description

Scanned pages can receive hidden recognized text behind the image layer through Tesseract OCR and hocr2pdf. Users install it to make scan PDFs searchable.

Document tools can expose metadata, annotations, OCR text, or private content and may overwrite files. Keep backups and review output before sharing.

How to run

pdfsandwich

Commands: pdfsandwich

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