Make scans searchable, in English and Kiswahili
A scanned page is a picture: you cannot search it or copy from it. Kifuli reads the text and adds it to the PDF, in English, Kiswahili or both.
Works offline on Windows, Mac and Linux · KES 1,200 ≈ US$9, once
Watch how it works
How to use Make scans searchable
Each step as it looks in Kifuli, from opening the tool to the finished file.
- Choose Make scans searchable.
- Drop in scanned PDFs or photos of pages.
- Pick English, Kiswahili or both, and how to save the result.
- Click Read the text.
The settings
What you can change before you run Make scans searchable.
- Language
- EnglishDefault
- Kiswahili
- Both
- Save as
- Searchable PDFDefault
- Word
- Text
- Reading
- Faster
- More accurateDefault
What it does
- Searchable PDF that looks exactly like the scan, with text you can select and copy.
- Or a Word document or plain text file with everything it read.
- Faster or More accurate reading, depending on how much time you have.
- English, Kiswahili, or both on the same page.
- Reads PDFs and image files: JPG, PNG, TIFF and more.
Questions about Make scans searchable
How accurate is it?
Clear, straight scans at a normal resolution read very well. Blurry or angled photos read less well, so take photos in good light and straighten pages first.
Does it need the internet?
No. The language data is built into Kifuli.
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