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OCR PDF — free online tool
Extract selectable, searchable text from a scanned PDF using optical character recognition (OCR). It runs entirely in your browser — your files never leave your device, and it's completely free with no signup.
- Turn scans into editable text
- Copy and search the content
- Free, in-browser OCR
How to ocr pdf
- 1Upload your scanned PDF.
- 2Click Extract Text.
- 3Download the recognized text as a TXT file.
Frequently asked questions
What languages are supported?
OCR works best with clear, printed English text in scanned documents.
What's the output?
A plain-text (.txt) file containing the recognized text.
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