Hi Product Hunt, I made InkOut PDF. The problem it solves is an old one: in most PDF editors, a black rectangle just sits on top of the text. Select, copy, paste, and the "redacted" words come back. Court filings and government reports have leaked this way more than once. What InkOut PDF does instead: - Every page you mark is rendered to an image at 144 ppi with the boxes burned in, and placed into a brand-new PDF. Document info, XMP metadata, form fields, attachments and JavaScript aren't carried over. - After export, it re-opens the output file and scans the whole file for the text you covered. If that check fails, the download stays disabled and you see "Review needed". - Everything happens in your browser. The only network requests are for the app's own code from inkoutpdf.com, so you can watch the DevTools network tab while you use it. Limits, so nobody is surprised: - Redacted pages become images, so text on those pages can't be selected or searched anymore. - On pages you don't redact, the text stays, but links and form fields stop working. - There's no OCR, so scanned pages need manual boxes. - It needs an internet connection, and I've only tested it in Chrome so far. Pricing: free for files up to 5 pages. Pro is $4.99 for a 24-hour pass (one-time, no subscription) or $7.99/month, and adds unlimited pages, keyword search-and-redact and multiple files. The checker for PDFs someone else redacted is free with no page limit. Two things I'd love feedback on: 1. Does the export check make you trust the output more, and is there a check you'd expect that isn't there? 2. What kind of documents do you actually need to redact? I'll be around all day to answer questions.

InkOut PDF

Redact PDFs in your browser, then check the output

Redact PDFs in your browser, then check the output