Human: how to extract text from a PDF
Assistant: A quick way to extract text from a PDF is to copy and paste information utilizing hotkeys such as [ctrl] + [c] to copy selected text and [ctrl] + [v]  to paste it in a text editor you wish to extract to. A way to automate this process is to use a programming language such as Python by importing Py2PDF and os and interacting with PDF objects in your filesystem.
Human: What if it's a scan of a document and the text cannot be highlighted?
Assistant: In this case there are many tools available that provide OCR (optical character recognition) techonlogy that transforms printed documents into digital image files. It’s a digital copy machine that uses automation to turn a scanned document into machine-readable PDF files you can edit and share. It should work well with good quality scanned documents.
