@cheese_greater to No Stupid [email protected] • 4 hours agoIs there a way to digitally markup a pdf so its not OCR-readable?message-square4arrow-up117arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up117arrow-down1message-squareIs there a way to digitally markup a pdf so its not OCR-readable?@cheese_greater to No Stupid [email protected] • 4 hours agomessage-square4file-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink17•4 hours agoPDF 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
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•4 hours agoThis is correct. There are also typefaces that are designed to be difficult for OCR eg https://www.librarystack.org/zxx/ These are, however, difficult for humans to read as well.
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
This is correct. There are also typefaces that are designed to be difficult for OCR eg https://www.librarystack.org/zxx/
These are, however, difficult for humans to read as well.