Using non-free software, i.e. ABBYY Finereader, is a privacy mistake, if this is to be used on personal data. On publicly available data, using a commercial non-free software isn't even close to being innovative; iow I don't see a value addition to using this program as opposed to using the batch scanning features of the software directly. What is the point of this project?
Hmmm...not sure where the difference in understanding is here. You're asking if this could be a privacy violation? Is it not clear that the U.S. Congress is required to post these forms on us.gov websites, making them accessible to all? Are you unaware of the difference between a digital image and digital text, that you don't understand how one is profoundly different than the other? Help me out here
