Extract editable text from scanned PDFs and images using advanced optical character recognition.
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Have you ever received a PDF that was just a scanned picture of a piece of paper, meaning you couldn't copy or paste any of the text? PDFUp's OCR tool solves this by using advanced machine learning to read the text inside images and convert it back into editable text.
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.
We utilize Tesseract.js, a powerful WebAssembly port of the world's most popular OCR engine, allowing your browser to read 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.
Dealing with scanned documents that you can't edit or search is incredibly frustrating. Trying to manually type out information from a scanned invoice, legal document, or old medical record is a massive waste of time. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) solves this by reading the image and giving you the text back. But there's a catch: most free OCR services require you to upload your scans to their servers. If those scans contain sensitive personal or financial details, sending them into the cloud is a terrible idea.
We designed our OCR tool to run directly inside your web browser. When you upload a scanned image, the text extraction engine analyzes it locally on your computer. Your files are never transmitted over the internet, ensuring that your private data remains completely confidential.
Because the analysis happens right on your device, you also skip the long wait times associated with uploading heavy image files and waiting in a server queue. You get immediate access to your text, ready to be copied into an email, a spreadsheet, or a new document. It's the safest way to turn your flat images into useful, editable text.