Redactable

Redactable is a cloud-based document processing platform that uses artificial intelligence to automatically locate and obscure sensitive information within text files, PDFs, and scanned documents. The core function of the service is to replace the manual, time‑consuming process of searching for personal data, financial details, or confidential business content before sharing documents externally. Users upload a document, and the AI engine scans the content for patterns such as names, email addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers, credit card numbers, dates of birth, and other regulated identifiers. Detected items are highlighted for review, and the system can apply permanent black‑out redactions that cannot be reversed or recovered. The redaction is performed at the pixel level on scanned images and at the text layer for digital files, ensuring that hidden metadata or obscured layers do not leak original data. Redactable supports batch processing, allowing multiple documents to be handled in one session, and offers options to customize which types of information to search for, including user‑defined custom patterns. The platform is intended for legal professionals, healthcare administrators, human resources teams, government agencies, and any organization that must comply with privacy regulations such as GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA, or FOIA. Beyond redaction, the tool provides a secure environment where documents are encrypted during upload and storage, and redacted files can be downloaded or shared via a secure link. A notable feature is the ability to process scanned documents through optical character recognition (OCR) so that even handwritten notes or typed text in image‑based PDFs are recognized and redacted. The interface includes a preview mode where users can ve