OCR PDF
Transform scanned PDFs into searchable, selectable text documents. Support for 100+ languages with 100% private, browser-based OCR processing.
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About OCR
OCR (Optical Character Recognition) extracts text from scanned documents and images. For best results, use high-quality scans and select the correct language(s).
About This Tool
OCR PDF (Optical Character Recognition) is a powerful technology that gives "sight" to your computer. Scanned documents are essentially just pictures of text—you can't search for keywords or highlight sentences. Our OCR tool analyzes these images, identifies the characters, and overlays a hidden layer of real text onto the document.
This tool supports over 100 languages, allowing it to recognize complex scripts and specialized characters with high accuracy. The result is a "Searchable PDF" that looks exactly like your original scan but allows you to use the "Find" (Ctrl+F) command and copy-paste text just like a digital document. It is an indispensable tool for digitizing paper archives, legal discovery, and making historical documents accessible.
Advanced Browser-Based OCR: OCR usually requires massive server-side processing, but our tool uses cutting-edge web technology to perform the recognition directly on your computer. Your sensitive scanned documents are never uploaded, providing a level of privacy that traditional online OCR services cannot match.
How to Use
Upload Scanned PDF
Drag and drop your scanned PDF or image-based document.
Select Language
Choose the primary language of the document to ensure the highest recognition accuracy.
Process and Download
Click Process to run the OCR engine and download your new searchable PDF.
Use Cases
Digitize Archives
Make scanned document archives searchable and easy to navigate.
Document Search
Enable the ability to search for specific terms within image-based PDFs.
Text Extraction
Extract text from scanned documents for editing in word processors.
Frequently Asked Questions
How accurate is the text recognition?
Accuracy depends heavily on the quality of the scan. For clear, high-contrast documents, accuracy is typically over 98%. Hand-written text is significantly harder to recognize than typed text.
Does it support multi-language documents?
For the best results, you should select the primary language. However, the OCR engine is robust enough to handle secondary languages and common symbols automatically.
Why is the processing taking a long time?
OCR is a computationally intensive task. Because the recognition is happening locally on your device (for privacy), the speed depends on your computer's processor and the number of pages in the PDF.