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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · 2 months ago

Is there a way to digitally markup a pdf so its not OCR-readable?

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Is there a way to digitally markup a pdf so its not OCR-readable?

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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · 2 months ago

Want to ensure financial documents cant be parsed by automated systems

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PDF scanning is done by both OCR and PDF analysis so no. If you, a human can read it, a bot can read it too.

Your best bet is the classic inserting BS in a 1-hex-off-white font

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