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OCR Verification: Why Your Resume Needs It

What OCR testing reveals about your resume's machine-readability.

WD

WasDoc

January 5, 2026

What is OCR?

Optical Character Recognition reads and extracts text from images or scanned documents.

ATS systems use OCR to parse:

  • Scanned documents
  • PDFs created from images
  • Complex visual designs

Common OCR Failures

  • Unusual fonts (too decorative)
  • Low contrast text (light gray on white)
  • Text overlapping images
  • Rotated or distorted text
  • Multiple columns
  • Tables with merged cells

How to Test Your Resume

  1. Upload to an OCR tool (Adobe, Google Drive, online OCR)
  2. Check if extracted text matches your resume exactly
  3. Look for missing words, jumbled order, garbled text

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You get:

  • Visual design
  • Machine readability
  • Verified compatibility

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