What is OCR and how does it work?

OCR (Optical Character Recognition) scans images of text and converts them into selectable, searchable text. This is useful for scanned documents, photos of text, or image-based PDFs.

What languages does the OCR support?

Our OCR tool supports 15+ languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hindi, and more.

How accurate is the OCR text extraction?

Accuracy depends on the quality of the scanned document. Clear, high-resolution scans typically achieve 95%+ accuracy. Handwritten text or low-quality scans may have lower accuracy.

Is my document safe during OCR processing?

Yes. OCR processing runs entirely in your browser using Tesseract.js. Your document is never uploaded to any server.

OCR PDF — Extract Text from Scanned PDFs

Convert scanned PDF documents into searchable, selectable text using OCR. Supports 15+ languages. 100% free, processed in your browser.

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How to Extract Text from a Scanned PDF

Upload your scanned PDF

Select a scanned PDF or image-based PDF document from your device.

Choose the document language

Select the language of your document from 15+ supported languages for the best OCR accuracy.

Extract and download the text

Get the extracted text as a .txt file, copy it to your clipboard, or download a searchable PDF. All processing runs locally via Tesseract.js.

OCR PDF — Extract Text from Scanned PDFs

How to Extract Text from a Scanned PDF

Upload your scanned PDF

Choose the document language

Extract and download the text

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