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It looks like the qpdf-converter source, along with everything else, is now on Github according to the Developer / Source Code links on the site. https://githu
by mjevans 2y ago
It looks like the qpdf-converter source, along with everything else, is now on Github according to the Developer / Source Code links on the site.
https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-app-linux-pdf-converter https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-app-linux-pdf-converter
Their source code seems to take the most obvious path... flatten it to an image printout then possibly do more? https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-app-linux-pdf-converter/blob/main/qubespdfconverter/client.py https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-app-linux-pdf-converter/blo... https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-app-linux-pdf-converter/blob/main/qubespdfconverter/server.py https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-app-linux-pdf-converter/blo...
Though at a quick skim I can't see any OCR steps.
- mannykannot 2y agoI was wondering that myself, but one of the downsides mentioned is that you lose text search, which seems to suggest that OCR is not being used.