If you care about your privacy and want to convert scanned documents into docx, odt format, you can easily do it with a small python script;
1️⃣ Scan it into pdf or image
2️⃣ If pdf, use "pdf2image" python library to convert it to image
3️⃣ Use "pytesseract" library to OCR the content on the image
4️⃣ Save it in a file
5️⃣ Copy content by hand from file to word docx/odt
6️⃣ Format
I know it is not perfect, but at least with a small DIY, you can turn your scanned docs into word without buying an app, uploading your private files to a webservice, etc.
Enjoy!
#python #pdftoword #pdftodocx #pdftoodt #privacy #dev #diy
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