Can I use OCR output PDFs in a document management system like iManage or NetDocuments?

Yes. The output files are standard PDFs with an embedded text layer. They are compatible with all major legal document management systems, e-filing platforms, and PDF review tools.

What happens if some pages in my exhibit PDF are already digital and some are scanned?

Deliteful skips pages that already contain a text layer, so mixed-content PDFs are handled automatically. Only the scanned pages receive OCR processing.

Does OCR work on deposition transcripts that were printed and re-scanned?

Yes, printed text on clean scans typically produces high OCR accuracy. Accuracy degrades with poor scan resolution, coffee stains, or heavy annotation marks over the text.

Is the original scanned image preserved in the output?

Yes. The visual appearance of every page is unchanged. OCR adds an invisible layer of recognized text beneath the image so the document looks identical but is now searchable.

Convert Scanned Court Documents into Searchable PDFs

Paralegals spend hours manually reviewing scanned court filings and deposition exhibits that should take minutes to search. Deliteful's OCR tool adds a searchable text layer to any scanned PDF, turning unindexed document bundles into fully searchable, citable files without changing a single visible pixel.

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Case preparation often involves hundreds of scanned exhibits — discovery documents, recorded deposition transcripts printed and re-scanned, older court filings from before e-filing mandates. None of these are searchable by default. A paralegal building a trial binder or cross-referencing witness statements across 40 exhibits is doing entirely manual work unless those PDFs have a text layer. OCR fixes that at the source, before documents enter your document management system.

Deliteful supports six languages and lets you choose standard or fast processing mode. Standard mode maximizes accuracy — important when you need to pull exact quote language from a deposition exhibit. Fast mode works well for bulk archiving jobs where you need broad searchability across a large file set quickly. Output files are standard PDFs compatible with every legal DMS, Bates stamping workflow, and e-filing system.

How it works

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Sign up free with Google
Create your Deliteful account in about 3 clicks — no credit card needed.
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Upload scanned court documents or exhibits
Add one or multiple scanned PDF files to the OCR tool.
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Choose document language
Select the language matching the document text to improve recognition accuracy.
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Process and download
Deliteful adds the text layer server-side; download the searchable PDFs when complete.

Frequently asked questions

Can I use OCR output PDFs in a document management system like iManage or NetDocuments?: Yes. The output files are standard PDFs with an embedded text layer. They are compatible with all major legal document management systems, e-filing platforms, and PDF review tools.
What happens if some pages in my exhibit PDF are already digital and some are scanned?: Deliteful skips pages that already contain a text layer, so mixed-content PDFs are handled automatically. Only the scanned pages receive OCR processing.
Does OCR work on deposition transcripts that were printed and re-scanned?: Yes, printed text on clean scans typically produces high OCR accuracy. Accuracy degrades with poor scan resolution, coffee stains, or heavy annotation marks over the text.
Is the original scanned image preserved in the output?: Yes. The visual appearance of every page is unchanged. OCR adds an invisible layer of recognized text beneath the image so the document looks identical but is now searchable.

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