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Hi Kim -- I think this should be doable -- there may be more elegant ways, but I have had success using the PDFTK with the "multibackground" operator; a bit more info in these links: https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/ https://linux.die.net/man/1/pdftk http://cglab.ca/~morin/misc/pdfovl/ My use case was using existing hocr files to serve as the searchable layer of a PDF of existing page images. I'd also be happy to share with you some of the scripts I've used to accomplish what you're suggesting, if that's helpful. Let me know -- Josh On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 2:42 PM Kimberly Kennedy <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I have an unusual situation. I've created a PDF that I want to be text > searchable. However, I would like to use OCR data from a different source > than that document. Is it possible to add a text file as the OCR layer to > an existing PDF? > > Any ideas would be appreciated! > > Thanks, > > Kim > > > Kimberly Kennedy > Digital Production Coordinator > Northeastern University Library > [log in to unmask] >