Is it possible to copy text?

[milossramek]

Hi,
I would like to ask if UV enables to copy page text (if OCR-ed). UV seems to be the right tool we are looking for, except for this feature, which I've not seen on any of its demos.
Thanks!
Milos

[demiankatz]

In what context(s) are you looking for this functionality? I believe that it should already be possible to copy OCR text out of OCR'ed PDF files (at least in some configurations). It is also possible to download per-page or per-document OCR files if manifests are set up correctly (you can see an example of this in Villanova's Digital Library, for example). I believe some work has also been done on adding a side panel to show OCR text, but I'm not sure how mature that is. But if you're looking to copy and paste text directly out of the OpenSeadragon panel, I do not believe that is currently possible.

[milossramek]

Thank you for your answer!
I am looking for the text copy&paste option. In some demos ( e.g. https://uv-v4.netlify.app/#?c=&m=&cv=14&xywh=-578%2C-1%2C6027%2C3372) it is possible to search for text and then the results are highlighted directly on a page. So I assumed that, perhaps, it would also be possible to copy the text.

[demiankatz]

@milossramek, I believe that the search result highlighting works by creating boxes based on coordinates provided by the server, but the actual text is not overlaid on the canvas. However, I have not personally worked with this feature, so I could be mistaken, or there could be more options than I am aware of. If anybody else has deeper knowledge, I'd encourage them to speak up! :-)