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PDF OCR

Extract text from scanned PDFs using optical character recognition

Drop a PDF file here

Upload a scanned PDF to extract text via OCR

Best for: Scanned documents, photographed pages, and PDFs where text cannot be selected. For digital PDFs with selectable text, use the PDF to Text tool instead — it's faster and more accurate.

How to Use

  1. 1Upload a scanned PDF document.
  2. 2Click Run OCR to start text recognition.
  3. 3Wait for the processing to complete.
  4. 4Download the searchable PDF with extracted text.

Key Features

  • Extract text from scanned documents
  • Makes PDFs searchable
  • Supports multiple languages
  • Browser-based OCR processing
  • Preserves original layout
  • No upload to external servers

Frequently Asked Questions