OCR PDF
Read text from scanned PDFs
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OCR PDF
Read text from scanned PDFs
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About this tool
Recognize printed text in scanned PDF pages with on-device Tesseract.js — fully private, no uploads.
PDF OCR is an advanced optical character recognition tool that extracts text from scanned PDFs, photographed documents, and image-based PDFs. If you've ever struggled with a PDF where you can't select, copy, or search the text because it's just a scanned image, PDF OCR transforms it into a fully searchable, selectable, and editable document. The OCR processing runs in your browser, keeping your sensitive documents completely private.
The tool analyzes each page image, recognizes characters and words using advanced OCR algorithms, and adds an invisible text layer to the PDF. The result is a document that looks identical to the original but now supports text selection, copy-paste, search, and compatibility with text extraction tools. From digitizing archived paper records to making scanned contracts searchable, PDF OCR is essential for anyone working with image-based documents.
Key features
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Extract text from scanned PDFs and image-based documents
Add searchable text layer to scanned PDFs
Support for multiple languages in OCR recognition
Maintain original layout and formatting of scanned pages
100% client-side OCR processing with no uploads
Free with no registration, watermarks, or file limits
How to use OCR PDF
Follow the steps below to use the tool.
- 1
Upload Scanned PDF
Drag and drop your scanned or image-based PDF into the OCR tool.
- 2
Select Language
Choose the primary language of the document for optimal character recognition accuracy.
- 3
Run OCR
Click the OCR button and wait as the tool processes each page to recognize text.
- 4
Download Result
Download the OCR-processed PDF with selectable, searchable text or extract to plain text.
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