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OCR PDF (Scanned PDF to Text)

Run real OCR on scanned PDF pages to extract their text — free and entirely private.

Runs entirely in your browser — your files are never uploaded to a server.

This tool processes your file entirely in your browser using WebAssembly. Nothing is uploaded to our servers.

How It Works

1. Choose Your File

Drag & drop or select the file you want to work with.

2. Processed in Your Browser

Everything happens locally on your device — your file is never uploaded anywhere.

3. Download Your Result

Get your finished file instantly, ready to save or share.

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the difference between this and PDF to Text?

PDF to Text reads a real, already-embedded text layer instantly. This tool is for scanned PDFs — documents made of page images with no text layer — and uses OCR to read each page, which takes longer.

How many pages can I process?

This tool works well under about 20 pages; longer documents take proportionally longer since every page is processed individually, and very long documents may run into your browser's memory limits.

Why does each page take a while?

Each page is rendered as a high-resolution image, then OCR runs on it individually — this genuinely takes real processing time, unlike instant text-layer extraction.

Can I choose a different language?

Yes, select from 6 supported languages before starting OCR.

Will this work on a PDF with mixed scanned and real-text pages?

Yes, OCR runs on every page regardless of whether it originally had a text layer, so mixed documents are handled the same way.

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