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Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software allows for the creation of fully searchable documents from originally non-searchable image files. In essence, by running an OCR software on our scanned image of a document, we add a layer of text onto that image file so other software can read it, which makes the document fully searchable. This is essential for making human rights archives more accessible and visible, which is often a key purpose of their digitization.