Do downloaded files maintain the OCR function?

[Katharina Kiock]

I work with blind / visually impaired people.

For them, the OCR function is important, so the device can read the content of a file to them. I found out, that DropBox uses OCR for the documents, stored in DropBox.

My question: My client wants to download her files to her MacBook and store them in the Finder. When she downloads pdf files, do they still have the OCR function?

[Hannah]

Hey @Katharina Kiock, thanks for posting your question to our Community.

The OCR feature should work within the Dropbox environment, so once the files are downloaded from Dropbox, it depends on the device's OS, if the files are searchable with OCR.

You can read more about it here.

I hope that makes sense, but if you have any more questions, please let us know.