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PDF OCR - Extract Text

Extract text from scanned PDFs and images using advanced OCR technology. Perfect for journalists, writers, and researchers.

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Scanned PDFs or images with text

Supports PDF, JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP, TIFF

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Who Uses This Tool?

Designed for professionals who work with text every day

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Journalists & Reporters

Digitize interview transcripts, press releases, newspaper clippings, and archived documents for your articles and investigations.

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Writers & Authors

Convert research materials, handwritten notes, and reference documents into editable text for your books and publications.

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Researchers & Academics

Extract text from academic papers, historical documents, and scanned sources for citation and analysis.

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Archivists & Historians

Digitize old newspapers, letters, and historical records to preserve and make them searchable.

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100+ Languages

Support for over 100 languages including Latin, Cyrillic, Asian, and Arabic scripts

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100% Private

All OCR processing happens in your browser - your documents never leave your device

High Accuracy

Advanced AI-powered text recognition for accurate extraction even from low-quality scans

How to extract text with OCR

1

Upload your file

Upload a scanned PDF or an image (JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP, TIFF) containing text.

2

Choose language

Select the document language for higher accuracy in text recognition.

3

Extract & download

Click extract and download the text as TXT or Word, or copy it to your clipboard.

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OCR PDF - Extract Text from Scanned Documents

Convert scanned PDFs and images into searchable, editable text using advanced OCR technology. Recognize text in multiple languages with high accuracy. Make your scanned documents fully searchable and accessible.

How to OCR a PDF Document

  1. Upload your scanned PDF or image file
  2. Select the document language for better accuracy
  3. Download the searchable PDF or extracted text

Frequently Asked Questions

What is OCR?

OCR (Optical Character Recognition) is technology that converts images of text into actual editable and searchable text data.

How accurate is the OCR?

Accuracy depends on scan quality. Clear, high-resolution scans typically achieve 95-99% accuracy.

Which languages are supported?

Over 100 languages are supported, including English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and many more.

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