# Extracting texts from Flatten/ Scanned PDF Documents in Kibana
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/extracting-texts-from-flatten-scanned-pdf-documents-in-kibana/341351
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [August 22, 2023, 9:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/extracting-texts-from-flatten-scanned-pdf-documents-in-kibana/341351 "2023-08-22T09:59:28Z")
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### Author:  [@Anant\_Patankar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Anant_Patankar)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2023, 9:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/extracting-texts-from-flatten-scanned-pdf-documents-in-kibana/341351/1 "2023-08-22T09:59:28Z")
Hello Everyone,
I am trying to read texts from scanned/flattened pdf which are made up of images and texts that are not readable with a pdf reader.
How can I read and index texts from flattened or scanned pdf files in kibana without using fscrawler?
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### Author:  [@carly.richmond](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carly.richmond)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2023, 8:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/extracting-texts-from-flatten-scanned-pdf-documents-in-kibana/341351/2 "2023-08-24T08:50:10Z")
Hi @Anant_Patankar,
Welcome to the community! Is there a particular reason why you don't want to use fscrawler?
Another alternative would be to use [the attachment processor with an ingest pipeline](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/8.9/attachment.html). Have a look at [this related thread](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-index-the-pdf-documents/327987/4) for some useful options.
Hope that helps!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2023, 8:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/extracting-texts-from-flatten-scanned-pdf-documents-in-kibana/341351/3 "2023-09-21T08:51:03Z")
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