Overlay cannot be false

OCR.space Free OCR API
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Using the post method I added isOverlayRequired=false parameter. However, I still get a json with coordinates of the bounding boxes for each word. The online OCR goes with the same output.

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Hello, I assume that you are also using the create searchable PDF flag isCreateSearchablePdf = true?

For technical reasons this flag sets isOverlayRequired=true internally, even if otherwise specified in the OCR API call. The reason for this behavior is that the Searchable PDF generation logic needs the OCR overlay data.

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Hi, thx for the reply!
I didn’t use the searchablepdf flag, but I used the isTable=true. This might be where the problem lies.