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Images and scanned pages

The document is a scan with no real text

This PDF is a picture of paper pages. It has no text a computer can read, so there is nothing for a screen reader to read aloud.

Who it affects

People who use screen readers, and anyone who needs to search or copy the text.

Why it matters

A reader who can't see the page gets nothing from the document.

How to fix it

  1. Best: make the PDF from the original digital file (for example Word) instead of scanning a printout.
  2. If only paper exists: run text recognition (OCR), then check the result carefully for mistakes.

What RemeDocs does

RemeDocs runs text recognition on scanned pages. Recognition can make mistakes, so check names and numbers.

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