PDF OCR — Extract Text

Pull selectable text out of scanned, image-based PDFs using OCR. Useful for copying from documents you can only view as pictures. Runs in your browser.

How to PDF OCR

  1. Open your scanned PDF in the OCR tool.
  2. Run text recognition.
  3. Copy or download the extracted text.

Frequently asked questions

What is OCR?

Optical Character Recognition — it reads text from images so you can copy and search it.

Does it work on photos of documents?

Yes, as long as the text is reasonably clear and not too blurry.