What is the typical output for an activity reading from a PDF using OCR?

When using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to read from a PDF, the typical output is in text format. OCR technology is designed to recognize and convert different types of documents, such as scanned paper documents or images of text, into editable and searchable text.

This capability allows the retrieved data to be easily manipulated, stored, or processed further in various applications. Thus, transforming the visual representation of the text into a format that a computer can understand and use is the primary function of OCR. Text format is most suitable in scenarios where the content needs to be extracted for further analysis, processing, or integration with other software systems.

Reading a PDF directly would not yield image or other file formats such as Excel, as those formats serve different purposes. Image format would refer to the unprocessed visual data, while PDF and Excel formats represent structured data that is more complex and not the primary output for OCR processes.