Feature Request - Allow direct editing of hidden OCR text to correct errors

Examining an OCR-scanned PDF allows the OCR plain-text results to be "previewed," but in a read-only format.  We need to be able to edit this text to correct the inevitible errors.
I just scanned a document, and the results are mosty OK, but there are two lines that are complete garbage.  I personally have never performed a completely error-free OCR scan in Acrobat or anywhere else.  Editing the image text is no solution, especially if the font is unavailable.
Other OCR-enabled apps I have worked with expect you edit the results.  Acrobat should too.

If Adobe won't do it, maybe somebody else will.  Nuance.com specializes in OCR, among other things.  They've also got a PDF converter.  Maybe they'll recognize the value of marrying the two.

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