Scanned PDF to text (OCR)

The recognised text is laid as an invisible layer over the original pages, and you also get it as plain text to copy.

Drop your PDF here

Works best on clear scans at 200–300 dpi.

The file stays on your device. Nothing is uploaded to a server.

How to do it

  1. 1Upload the scanned PDF.
  2. 2Pick the document language and click “Recognise text”.
  3. 3Download the PDF with text or copy the text itself.
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