OCR PDF
Extract text from scanned PDFs and photos. Best results come from a clear scan; output quality depends on the original image.
How to extract text from a scanned PDF
Drop a PDF, PNG, or JPG into the upload area.
Choose the document language. English is the default.
Click Extract text. Processing time grows with page count.
Copy the text, download a .txt file, or download a searchable PDF.
FUNKTIONEN
Fast path for digital PDFs
If the file already has a usable text layer, that text is returned directly. OCR is skipped because it would be slower and less accurate.
Scans and phone photos
Upload a scanned PDF or a PNG/JPG photo. Pages are preprocessed before Tesseract runs.
Searchable PDF
Download a PDF with an invisible text layer so you can search and select text in a reader.
Privacy
Uploaded files are deleted as soon as the job finishes or fails, and leftovers are removed within 2 hours.
Straightforward
No extra software. Pick a language, upload a file, and read the extracted text.
Works in the browser
Use OCR from any modern browser on desktop or mobile.
Extract text from scans without claiming perfect accuracy
What this OCR tool does
Use this tool when a PDF is a scan or a photo of a page, not a digitally generated file. It reads the pixels and returns the text it can recognize. Digitally generated PDFs are handled first by reading the existing text layer, which is faster and more accurate than OCR.
How to get a clearer result
Lay the page flat, light it evenly, and scan at 300 DPI or higher when you can. Crooked, dark, or blurry photos are harder to read. If a page scores below the confidence threshold, try a new scan of those pages rather than re-running the same file.
Languages
English, Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, and Gujarati are available. Indic scripts are supported, but recognition quality varies with scan quality and typeface. The confidence score is the real engine score; it is not adjusted by language.
Privacy
Files are sent to our servers only to run the job. Uploads are deleted when the job succeeds or fails, and any remaining temp files are removed within 2 hours.