OCR PDF

OCR PDF

Extract text from scanned PDFs or create a searchable PDF with a hidden text layer

OCR (Optical Character Recognition) detects text in scanned document images and makes it editable, searchable, and selectable. This tool supports 14 languages and can produce either a searchable PDF (with the original image plus a hidden text layer) or extract the text content directly.

When to Use OCR

  • You scanned a physical document and need to edit the text
  • You have a PDF made from photos that you want to search
  • You need to extract text from a document that was photographed
  • You want to make scanned documents searchable in your archive

Tips for Best Results

  • Higher DPI settings (200-300) improve accuracy for small text
  • Select the correct language for your document's content
  • Clean, well-lit scans produce the best OCR results
  • Handwritten text may have limited recognition accuracy

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or click to select Accepted: .pdf