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Hi folks, I have a number of typescript / manuscript images on which it is quite time consuming to run OCR. (Or more accurately it is quite time consuming to correct the OCR). For some of these I have text files containing accurate transcriptions. In other cases I have TEI files with these transcriptions. What is a straightforward way to combine the text with overlaid images to create searchable pdfs? I know my way around the command line and can follow tutorials but I'm not a programmer so the more straightforward the solution the better. I have had a go with pdftkBuilder and a result can be seen here [https://www.dropbox.com/s/fxp6rnt24043aez/result3.pdf] but there are a number of problems: 1. it involves 'printing' the text to pdf and 'stamping' the image over it. The result entails a margin unless the image matches a standard paper size. 2. the underlying text doesn't match up to the image. I would love if it could but can live with it if can't. 3. it is very time consuming - ideally I would like a solution that could be scripted and left to run. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. The best I have -- Padraic Padraic Stack | Digital Humanities Support Officer | NUI Maynooth | [log in to unmask] |Phone: Mon: 01 474 7187 Tue - Fri: 01 474 7197