Can Deliteful OCR handle large archiving batches — hundreds of documents?

Each batch supports up to 50 PDFs and 2 GB total. For archives of hundreds of documents, split the work into sequential batches of up to 50 files each.

What happens to scanned documents that are too degraded for accurate OCR?

Deliteful will still produce a text file, but accuracy will be low for degraded originals. These files should be flagged for human review before indexing to avoid polluting your search index with garbled text.

Is the output compatible with document management systems?

Yes. Plain .txt output is universally importable. Most DMS platforms accept plain text for indexing, full-text search, and metadata population.

Does processing order affect output quality?

No. Each PDF is processed independently. Order of upload does not affect OCR accuracy or output format.

Batch OCR Scanned PDFs for Records Archiving and Indexing

Document archiving workflows stall when incoming scanned records can't be indexed or searched. Deliteful's PDF OCR → Text tool converts batches of scanned PDFs into plain text files, giving your archive team machine-readable content for indexing, tagging, and retrieval systems.

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Organizations migrating from paper-based filing systems to digital archives face a two-part problem: the physical documents have been scanned to PDF, but those PDFs are image-only and invisible to search engines and document management systems. OCR is the conversion step that unlocks those records. Processing 50 scanned PDFs at once — correspondence batches, annual reports, policy documents — compresses what would be a multi-hour manual task into a single automated operation.

Deliteful outputs one .txt file for each input PDF. Text is extracted in reading order without visual formatting. For archiving purposes, the raw text content is what matters: it can be indexed by your DMS, embedded as metadata, or used to build full-text search indexes. OCR quality is highest on clean, typed documents; handwritten or degraded materials will require human review before indexing.

How it works

1
Sign up free with Google
Create your Deliteful account in 3 clicks via Google OAuth — no credit card needed.
2
Upload a batch of scanned PDFs
Upload up to 50 scanned documents per batch, up to 300 MB each and 2 GB per batch total.
3
OCR extracts all text
Deliteful processes each image-based page and outputs a plain text file per document.
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Import text into your archive system
Feed the .txt files into your DMS, search index, or metadata pipeline.

Frequently asked questions

Can Deliteful OCR handle large archiving batches — hundreds of documents?: Each batch supports up to 50 PDFs and 2 GB total. For archives of hundreds of documents, split the work into sequential batches of up to 50 files each.
What happens to scanned documents that are too degraded for accurate OCR?: Deliteful will still produce a text file, but accuracy will be low for degraded originals. These files should be flagged for human review before indexing to avoid polluting your search index with garbled text.
Is the output compatible with document management systems?: Yes. Plain .txt output is universally importable. Most DMS platforms accept plain text for indexing, full-text search, and metadata population.
Does processing order affect output quality?: No. Each PDF is processed independently. Order of upload does not affect OCR accuracy or output format.

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