⚠

Website Under Construction

Some tools may have issues or be temporarily unavailable. Our team is actively working to fix them.

We are offering all tools for free — please bear with us while we improve the experience.

If you face any issues, feel free to come back later.

PDF OCR - Extract Text from Scanned PDFs

Use Optical Character Recognition to extract text from scanned documents, photos, and image-based PDFs.

Select a scanned PDF file

or drag and drop file here

Browse File

Our OCR engine will analyze each page of your PDF and extract all readable text from scanned images.

Back to Tools

Processing OCR...

OCR Complete!

Your extracted text is ready to download

Download Text

How to Use PDF OCR

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology enables you to extract editable text from scanned documents, photographs of papers, and any PDF that contains images of text rather than actual text data. This is invaluable when you have old scanned documents, photos of whiteboards or receipts, or any image-based PDF where you cannot simply copy and paste the text. Our OCR engine supports multiple languages and produces clean, editable text output that you can use in any text editor or word processor.

  1. Upload your scanned PDF - Drag and drop or browse to select your scanned document or image-based PDF.
  2. Run OCR Processing - Click the Extract Text button and our OCR engine will analyze each page for readable text.
  3. Download Extracted Text - Your recognized text is saved as a clean text file ready for editing.

Key Features

  • Multi-language Support - Recognizes text in multiple languages including English, Spanish, French, German, and more.
  • Page-by-page Processing - Each page is individually analyzed for maximum accuracy.
  • No Quality Loss - Original PDF is never modified; only text is extracted.
  • Batch Processing - Handles multi-page scanned documents efficiently.

Frequently Asked Questions

What types of PDFs work with OCR?

OCR works best with scanned documents, photographed pages, and any PDF where the text is stored as images rather than selectable text. If you can select text in your PDF with your mouse, you may not need OCR as the text is already embedded.

How accurate is the text recognition?

OCR accuracy depends on the quality of the source document. Clear, well-scanned documents with standard fonts typically achieve 95-99% accuracy. Low-resolution scans, handwritten text, or unusual fonts may result in lower accuracy. We recommend reviewing the output for any corrections needed.

Does OCR work with handwritten text?

Our OCR engine is primarily designed for printed text. Handwritten text recognition is much more challenging and results may vary significantly. For best results with handwritten documents, ensure the writing is clear and well-formed.