OCR PDF
Make scanned text searchable in five supported languages.
A fresh start for your PDFs.
Drag a PDF file here and let’s make something happen.
Only on your device. Always in your control.
How to oCR PDF
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Choose a scanned PDF.
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Choose a language and run text recognition on your device.
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Download the searchable PDF or recognized text.
About this tool
Recognize printed English, Hindi, Spanish, French or German locally with Tesseract. Download a searchable image PDF and a text file. OCR can misread handwriting, tables and low-quality scans; review the recognized text. The recognition engine downloads on first use.
On your device
Your document is processed in this browser. Files and passwords are never uploaded.
Free to use
No account, added watermark or daily task quota.
Know what to expect
Recognize printed English, Hindi, Spanish, French or German locally with Tesseract. Download a searchable image PDF and a text file. OCR can misread handwriting, tables and low-quality scans; review the recognized text. The recognition engine downloads on first use.
OCR PDF FAQ
How does OCR PDF work?
Recognize printed English, Hindi, Spanish, French or German locally with Tesseract. Download a searchable image PDF and a text file. OCR can misread handwriting, tables and low-quality scans; review the recognized text. The recognition engine downloads on first use.
Are my files uploaded?
No. Document processing runs locally. Your browser downloads the required engines and fonts, but does not send your document to a processing server.