Why OCR Fails & How to Fix It

Created by Aditi Upadhyay, Modified on Fri, 14 Nov at 2:48 AM by Aditi Upadhyay

1. Blurry or low-quality scans
→ Try rescanning at 200–300 DPI.

2. Handwritten text
→ OCR may not recognize handwriting.

3. Text inside images
→ Ensure image contrast is high.

4. Password-protected PDF
→ Unlock before running OCR.

5. Files over 20MB
→ Compress & re-upload.