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exhibits-scan.pdf · 300 pagesApply and Verify
  • Smith47 hits12 pages
  • Account numbers11 hitspattern
  • Local OCR300 of 300done
  • Sent anywhere0 bytesverified
  • Split
  • Merge
  • Reorder
  • Redact
  • Verify
  • Batch

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  1. Drop the file

    Page thumbnails appear in about a second, rendered in the tab. Nothing was sent.

  2. Pick a tool

    Split, Merge, Reorder or Redact. For a scan, local OCR reads the pages on your machine first: about 4 minutes for 300.

  3. Apply and Verify

    Redacted characters are deleted from the file, then the finished file is re-read: 47 instances deleted, 0 remaining.

What you see, in the order you see it

  1. unstaple.com/redact

    Redact

    Search: Smith

    • 47 hits on 12 pages
    • Redact all 47
    • Pattern: account numbers

    Marked, not yet applied

    Every hit listed by page, highlighted on its thumbnail.

  2. unstaple.com/verify

    Verify

    Smith appears 0 times

    • 47 instances deleted
    • 11 account numbers deleted
    • 0 remaining

    Re-read in this browser

    The finished file is read again before you download it.

  3. unstaple.com/download

    Download

    exhibits-redacted.pdf

    • Redaction report saved beside it
    • Nothing was uploaded
    • Nothing was kept

    Saved to your machine

    The report lists what was removed, from which pages.

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  • Batch: one tool over 12 files at once
  • Local OCR search-and-redact for scans
  • Verify pass and the Redaction report
  • A license key by email, checked in this browser
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