Automatically upload changed PDFs

mronkko
Can Zotero automatically detect if a PDF has been edited locally and upload the modified version to the server? I do automatic OCR to all PDFs on my computer and would like to automatically share these OCRd versions with Zotero.
  • dstillman
    Yes, as long as the PDF itself is changed (and, specifically, its timestamp is updated).
  • mronkko
    This is great. I can now set up a weekly automator workflow that OCRs all PDFs in the Zotero folder that were added within a week and all the users of our group library automatically get OCRd PDFs
  • mronkko
    Would it make sense in the long run to have a feature to automatically OCR PDFs on the server side?
  • sean
    You're in luck: We'll be announcing the availability of something along these lines within the next month or so as part of our partnership with the Internet Archive.

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