Included in Good

OCR

OCR adds a searchable text layer to scanned documents so they can move into search, accessibility, AI, and review workflows.

Request access Contact support View capability

ToolboxBrowse the capability directory WorkflowSecure intake APIRoutes, scopes, and recipes ProofRedaction verification

Problem

Scanned PDFs block search, extraction, AI, accessibility repair, and downstream review automation.

Use

Run OCR over selected pages and save a searchable PDF plus extraction warnings.

Evidence plan

What this unlocks

Extract text from scans
Run from the document workspace once signed in
Available for repeatable batch or pipeline workflows

Workflow

Explore the workflow

Simple pathAdobe FY2025 Form 10-K

Quick table extraction

Extract tables from a long report and review low-confidence cells before exporting data.

1Upload the filing
2Detect tables
3Review flagged cells
4Export CSV or JSON

Tool chain

Extract Tables OCR AI Summarize

CSV exportExtraction warningsDocument-linked artifact

Explore the workflow

Complex pathForm W-9

Secure intake pipeline

Run a repeatable intake path that extracts fields, redacts sensitive identifiers, verifies removal, compresses the output, and records evidence.

1Upload the form batch
2OCR and extract fields
3Apply redaction policy
4Verify redaction
5Compress and export packet
6Attach audit trail

Tool chain

Pipeline Builder OCR Extract Tables Redact & Remove Compress PDF Provenance Ledger

Redacted PDFStructured field exportRedaction verification report

Explore the workflow

Inputs & outputs

Accepted formats: pdf
Produced formats: pdf

Common use cases

Make scans searchable
Prepare files for AI summarization or RAG search
Improve accessibility remediation inputs

Workflow steps

1Select scanned pages and language settings
2Run OCR as a job or pipeline step
3Review extracted text warnings and save the searchable PDF

Outputs

Searchable PDF
OCR text layer
Page-level warning report

Review checks

Choose the expected language
Review low-confidence pages
Run accessibility or AI workflows only after text extraction completes

API

Endpoint family: /v1/ocr, /v1/extract, /v1/jobs

POST/v1/processing/extract-tables/{document_id}GET/v1/convert/jobs/{job_id}/artifacts POST/v1/pipelines/run-adhoc POST/v1/processing/redact GET/v1/forensics/{document_id}/redaction-verify GET/v1/forensics/{document_id}/evidence-bundle

OCR jobs are asynchronous and may consume OCR page limits.
Use batch or pipeline submission for recurring scanned intake folders.

Integration overview

Limits

Availability: Included in Good
Readiness: beta
Automation: Pipeline-ready

Confirm entitlement, input requirements, and deployment fit in the package and API documentation before you automate this capability.

Integration overview

Evidence

Evidence

Redaction verification

Evidence that sensitive text was removed from the generated PDF rather than covered by a visual overlay.

Evidence

Evidence bundles

A packet of generated files, findings, screenshots, route history, and linked source documents for audits or handoffs.

Evidence

Decision logs

Reviewer choices, comments, citations, approvals, and exceptions captured alongside the document workflow.

Evidence

Provenance ledgers

A durable chain of source files, processing steps, generated outputs, and release artifacts.

Public example workflows

Integration overview

Quick table extraction

Adobe FY2025 Form 10-K

Extract tables from a long report and review low-confidence cells before exporting data.

Proof artifacts

CSV export, Extraction warnings

Secure intake pipeline

Form W-9

Run a repeatable intake path that extracts fields, redacts sensitive identifiers, verifies removal, compresses the output, and records evidence.

Proof artifacts

Structured field export, Redaction verification report

Roles and use cases

Operations teams

Operations Automation

Normalize high-volume document streams with repeatable pipelines.

Connected tools

Pipeline Builder, Policy Profiles, Compress PDF

Activity trail: Pipeline run historyAudit record: Batch audit

Research and knowledge teams

AI Knowledge

Chat with document sets using grounded citations and summaries.

Connected tools

AI Chat, AI Summarize, Knowledge Search

Citation evidence: Cited answerGenerated artifact: Summary artifact

Publishing and accessibility teams

Accessibility / Publishing

Remediate, inspect, and validate accessible deliverables.

Connected tools

Accessibility (PDF/UA), Accessibility Inspector, PDF to PDF/A

Generated artifact: Accessibility inspectionVerification result: veraPDF validation result