You successfully combined document photos into a PDF, but searching a name finds nothing. This is consistent with pages containing pictures only. Combining images and recognising their words are separate steps. Choose the output around what the recipient needs to do.
Visible lettering is not necessarily PDF text
FileMyLove's image-to-PDF tool places images on pages without adding a text layer. PDF-LIB likewise documents image drawing separately from text drawing. Seeing words on the page does not establish that searchable text exists inside the file.
| Goal | Suitable output |
|---|---|
| Keep pictures together for viewing or sending | Image PDF |
| Preserve page images while finding words | OCR PDF with a text layer |
| Copy words into another document | OCR TXT |
If an existing PDF already supports text selection and search, inspect that result before running OCR again.
Make the image PDF searchable
- Open Thai OCR and select the PDF you created.
- Choose the language matching the content, such as Thai and English.
- Select PDF output, or both PDF and TXT if you also need separate text.
- Start recognition and wait for completion.
- Download, open the new file and search for clearly visible words.
The tool adds invisible recognised text at word positions while preserving the existing page image. It does not rebuild the entire page as editable Word objects. Recognised words still need checking.
Test search and copied text
We recommend checking names, document codes and important numbers in several places. Copy a paragraph into a text field to check reading order too. Finding one word does not establish complete accuracy.
Tesseract's documentation identifies skew and noise as factors affecting recognition. If results are poor, return to clearer, straight source images before trying again. A PDF opening successfully does not mean its recognised text is correct.
When you only need the content
For screenshots, use image to text directly, or read the Thai screenshot text guide. TXT does not preserve page layout like a PDF.
FileMyLove OCR runs on your device through the browser. Keep originals for comparison until you have checked the result, especially when other people will search or copy its contents.
