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OCR PDF

Recognize the text in scanned documents and photos so you can search, select and copy it. Produces a searchable PDF plus a plain-text file.

Select a PDF file
or drag and drop a file here
How it works

How to ocr pdf online

  1. 1

    Upload your PDF by clicking the box or dragging a file into it.

  2. 2

    Choose your settings in the panel on the right.

  3. 3

    Click “Recognize text” and download the result.

FAQ

Questions about OCR PDF

How accurate is it?+

On clean scans at 200 dpi or better, accuracy is typically above 98% for Latin-script languages.

Is my document uploaded?+

No. Recognition runs in your browser using a downloaded language model.

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