OCR PDF
Extract the text layer from a PDF so you can search, copy, or reuse the content.
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How to OCR PDF – Extract Text
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Upload your scanned document
Select a PDF that consists of scanned pages or images of text.
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Select output format
Choose whether you want a fully searchable PDF or a plain, editable text file.
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Extract text
The Optical Character Recognition (OCR) engine reads the image and converts it back into machine-readable text.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does this work on scanned documents that are just photos of text?▼
This tool reads text layers that are already embedded in a PDF using the pdf.js engine, so it works best on PDFs that already contain real text. A pure image-only scan with no text layer needs full optical character recognition, which requires server-side processing (like Tesseract OCR) rather than the in-browser extraction this tool performs.
How do I know if my PDF already has a text layer?▼
Try selecting or highlighting text on the page in a normal PDF viewer — if you can select individual words, there's a text layer present and this tool will extract it cleanly.
What output formats can I choose?▼
Chọn một tệp PDF có thể tìm kiếm nếu bạn muốn giữ nguyên giao diện ban đầu trong khi làm cho nội dung có thể lựa chọn và tìm kiếm được hoặc một tệp văn bản thuần túy nếu bạn chỉ cần các từ thô để dán vào nơi khác.
Cái này có xử lý được ghi chú viết tay không?▼
No, this tool extracts existing digital text layers rather than performing image-based character recognition, so handwriting isn't something it can read.
Is my document processed on your servers?▼
No, text extraction happens entirely inside your browser using pdf.js, so your document's content is never uploaded anywhere.