Scanning and recognizing highlighted text

Is there a way to print a PDF: Highlight with a marker by hand. Then rescan the document and the software shall recognize the highlighted text and then highlight it "electronically" in the PDF.
The reason is that I need to print it out as I need multiple pages to lay next to each other and highlight the text with a marker. It is just more practicle for reading scientific publications.
Thank you

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Other than scanning the pages in color after you highlight by hand, I don't believe there is a way to automatically select text and highlight

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A: Because from a work-flow perspective as someone who is highlighting it makes no sense. We in the Western world read and write from top to bottom, left to right. Making a mark on a doc should follow the same flow.
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