Comment on Show HN: Make PDFs look scanned (CLI or in the browser via WASM)parentComments−gsinclair2moI sometimes want to create PDFs that contain text (Python code) that is not selectable. I want my students to type it in, not copy and paste.I don’t know whether this tool enables that, but the idea is in the neighbourhood of “make it look scanned”.−carstenhag2moiOS will natively let you select the text, as it does ocr on ever image. Maybe Android does the same.−1e1a2moMacOS does this as well in Preview.
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I sometimes want to create PDFs that contain text (Python code) that is not selectable. I want my students to type it in, not copy and paste.
I don’t know whether this tool enables that, but the idea is in the neighbourhood of “make it look scanned”.
iOS will natively let you select the text, as it does ocr on ever image. Maybe Android does the same.
MacOS does this as well in Preview.