I have a similar problem. But I'm not looking for editable text. I just want to be able to search my documents. So I have Text Recognition set to "Searchable Image." But it's not very searchable.
Here is the latest result of performing OCR on a JPG pulled from Facebook:
Photo put through "Grab Text," on Google Keep
MY HOBBIES INCLUDE LONG
SCROLLS DOWN MY PHONE,
TALKING TO MY PETS, BINGE
WATCHING NETFLIX, SINGING IN
THE SHOWER, STAYING IN MY
PJS TOO LONG, BEING TIRED ALL
DAY, THEN NOT SLEEPING AT
NIGHT, DRINKING EVERYTHING
BUT WATER, ORDERING STUFF
ONLINE, READING ABOUT NEW
DIETS WHILE I EAT CAKE, AND
MAKING LISTS OF THINGS I WILL
NEVER EVER DO!
On Adobe Acrobat Pro 2017 (Desktop)
MY li:08.8:IES JNC:L.U1D.E L.ON.G
S.CR.O.LLS .. DOWN MY P.H,O.N.E,
·TALKING T.O MY PETS, BINGiE
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THE SH.OWER, STAYIN.G 1.N M·Y
PJ.S TOO LONG, .BEJN.G TIRED ALL
DAV, THEN NOT SLE·EP·IN:G .AT
N·tGHT, DRINKING EVERYTHIN.G
B:UJ WATER, ORDER:IN,G ST.UF.F
·O,NLl:NE, .R:EADIN.G ABOUT NEW
Dl1ETS WHILE I EAT CA.KE., .AND
MAKJ,N,G LIST·S ·OF r ·H.1.N.GS t ·1WI.LL
N.EVER EVER D-0,!
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