PDF OCR - Extract Text from Scanned PDFs

Free online OCR tool to extract text from scanned PDFs and images. Convert image-based PDFs to searchable text with multiple language support.

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Support for scanned and image-based PDFs

Security: Only process files from sources you trust. All processing happens locally in your browser.

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Frequently Asked Questions

PDF OCR (Optical Character Recognition) extracts text from scanned PDFs or image-based PDFs. You need OCR when PDFs are essentially pictures of documents - scanned contracts, receipts, or books - that you want to make searchable or editable.

The tool supports multiple languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Japanese, Korean, Arabic, and Hindi.

Accuracy depends on scan quality, font clarity, resolution, and language complexity. High-quality scans with clear fonts typically achieve 95%+ accuracy. Always review extracted text for important documents.

Yes! The extracted text is displayed in an editable text area for each page. You can review and correct any OCR errors before downloading the final text file or creating a searchable PDF.

Downloading text gives you a plain .txt file with all extracted content. Creating a searchable PDF embeds the text invisibly behind page images, making the PDF searchable while preserving the original appearance.

OCR processing happens in your browser, so limits depend on your device's memory and processing power. For best results, process PDFs under 50 pages at a time.

All OCR processing happens completely in your browser using client-side JavaScript. Your PDF files are never uploaded to any server, ensuring complete privacy and security.

OCR is computationally intensive as it analyzes each page pixel-by-pixel to recognize text patterns. A typical page takes 10-30 seconds depending on your device's processing power.

No, password-protected PDFs must be unlocked before OCR processing. The tool cannot decrypt encrypted documents.

If a page fails, the tool continues processing remaining pages. You'll see the error but can still use the text extracted from successful pages.

PDF OCR - Extract Text from Scanned PDFs

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