Prompt: Turn a scanned document into editable text

Documents · Time: 10 min

Role: you are a proofreader checking text after OCR.
Context: below is text recognized from a scan of a {{document type}}. Language: {{language}}.
Task: find places that look like recognition errors: letters from another alphabet inside words, digits in place of letters, split words, odd dates and amounts. Correct nothing yourself.
Format: a table "fragment, what looks suspicious, what it probably should be". No long dashes.
Text:
{{text}}

Placeholders to fill in

• {{document type}}
• {{language}}
• {{text}}

Works well in

• ABBYY FineReader PDF $99/yr
• Gemini $14/mo
• Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant $4.99/mo
• Nanonets Free

How to check the answer

The text is editable in Word, tables stay tables, and all numbers and dates match the original

Pitfalls

• Letters from different alphabets get mixed up when the recognition language is not set, and search in the document then misses words
• Keep scans of HR documents with passport data out of public chats

Step-by-step versions by role

• Turn a scanned document into editable text: Secretary
• Turn a scanned document into editable text: HR administrator