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OCR PDF & Image to TextOnline for Free

Turn a scanned PDF or photo of a document into a searchable PDF with selectable text, and copy the recognized text.

  • Files stay on your device
  • No sign-up
  • Free, no watermark

About this tool

OCR PDF & Image to Text

OCR PDF turns a scanned PDF, or a JPG or PNG photo of a document, into a searchable PDF with selectable text. The text on each page is recognised and added as an invisible layer, so your pages look exactly the same but you can search, select and copy the words.

Use it to make scanned contracts, old letters, receipts, textbooks and printed forms searchable, to extract text from a scanned PDF for editing in a word processor, or to prepare scans for Compare PDF. Recognised text can also be copied or saved as a .txt file. Choose from English, Hindi, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese or Italian for the best accuracy; pages that already have selectable text are left unchanged.

The OCR engine and language data are downloaded to your device the first time, then all recognition runs in your browser — your scans are never uploaded.

  • Searchable PDF output

    An invisible text layer is added so you can search, select and copy text.

  • PDFs and images

    Works with scanned PDFs as well as JPG and PNG photos of documents.

  • Seven languages

    Recognise English, Hindi, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese or Italian text.

  • Copy or save text

    Copy the recognised text or download it as a plain .txt file.

Step by step

How to OCR a scanned PDF

  1. 1

    Upload a scan

    Choose a scanned PDF, or a JPG or PNG photo of a document.

  2. 2

    Choose the language

    Pick the document's language: English, Hindi, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese or Italian.

  3. 3

    Make it searchable

    Click Make PDF searchable. Each page is recognized in turn, with progress shown as it goes.

  4. 4

    Download or copy the text

    Download the searchable PDF, copy the recognized text, or save it as a .txt file.

FAQ

OCR PDF FAQ

Can't find your answer? Contact us.

Upload a JPG or PNG photo of the document, choose its language and click Make PDF searchable. When it finishes, click Copy text to paste the recognized text anywhere, or Download .txt to save it. You also get a searchable PDF of the image.

Yes. OCR as many PDFs and images as you like for free, with no sign-up and no watermark.

No. Your original pages are kept exactly as they are, and an invisible text layer is added on top so you can search, select and copy the text. Pages that already have selectable text are left unchanged.

English, Hindi, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Italian. Choose the document's language before you start for the best accuracy.

The first time you use a language, the OCR engine and its language data (a few MB) are downloaded from a public CDN. After that, each page takes a few seconds.

No. Your file is processed in your browser and never uploaded. Only the OCR engine and language data are downloaded to your device.

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