OCR PDF
OCR PDF is meant for scanned contracts, forms, and reports that need to become searchable again. Kona extracts text, stores a searchable output, and keeps the resulting file in Documents when you are signed in.
Best for
Scanned contracts
Primary user task this route is designed to explain.
Output
Searchable PDF
What the logged-in workspace will hand back after processing.
Workspace
Login required
Public pages explain the workflow; the signed-in workspace runs it.
This page is written for search and discovery. The actual file work happens in the signed-in PDF workspace so preview, versions, sharing, and job history stay in one place.
How it works
Understand the job here, then finish it inside the workspace.
The public route stays simple on purpose: explain the use case, show the output, and route signed-in users into the workspace where the file can be previewed, edited, versioned, and shared.
What this route does
Turns scanned pages into searchable text and a searchable PDF
Keeps extracted text attached to the saved job metadata
Connects OCR output to a durable document record
Workflow in the app
01
Upload the scanned PDF
02
Run OCR and let Kona extract readable text from the pages
03
Download the searchable result or reopen it from Documents
Signed-in workspace
Open the file once, then keep every action attached to the same document.
What happens after login
Upload the source file into the document library.
Open the file in the full-screen PDF workspace.
Run the action against the saved document directly.
Keep versions, outputs, and share links tied to that same file.
Why this is simpler
No duplicate public-vs-private execution flows to learn.
The workspace runs actions against the saved file, not a throwaway upload.
Job history and version history stay readable from the same document.
Workspace outcomes
Searchable PDF
Extracted text preview
Workspace output
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