Extract editable text from scanned PDFs and images using advanced optical character recognition.
Select Scanned PDF
or drop your file here
A PDF that's just a scanned picture can't be copied or searched. This tool uses machine learning in your browser to read the text back out of the images.
Select the PDF file that contains un-selectable text or scanned images.
Click start to begin the Optical Character Recognition process. Your browser will analyze the images.
Once finished, you can copy the raw text directly from the screen or download it as a plain .TXT file.
The tool uses Tesseract.js, a WebAssembly port of the most popular OCR engine, so your browser reads the text completely offline.
Most OCR tools require you to upload your sensitive documents to a server for analysis. Our tool guarantees complete privacy because the AI runs exclusively on your device.
OCR is a highly complex mathematical process. Because it runs locally on your computer rather than a massive cloud server, it may take a minute or two depending on how fast your device is and how many pages are in the PDF.
No. This tool specifically extracts the raw text from the document. It does not attempt to rebuild complex tables or layout structures.
Scanned documents you can't search or copy are a dead end. Typing out an invoice, contract, or medical record by hand wastes hours. OCR reads the image and gives you the text, but free OCR services usually want your scans uploaded first, which is a bad idea when they contain personal or financial details.
This OCR runs in your browser. The engine analyzes the images on your machine, and the files are never transmitted.
You also skip the upload and the queue. Text comes back quickly, ready to paste into an email, a spreadsheet, or a fresh document.
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