OCR PDF

Convert scanned PDFs to searchable text.

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Maximum file size: 50MB | Supported format: PDF
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OCR Settings

Select the primary language of your document for best OCR accuracy.

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This may take several minutes for large documents

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What is OCR?

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) converts scanned documents and images into searchable and editable text.

Scanned Documents

Convert paper scans to digital text

Full Text Search

Find any word in your documents

Copy & Paste

Extract and reuse text content

OCR Tips
  • Higher DPI scans (300+) yield better results
  • Select the correct language for your document
  • Clear, straight text is recognized more accurately
  • Handwritten text may have lower accuracy

How to OCR PDF in 4 Steps

Convert scanned documents into searchable text.

1

Upload PDF

Select your scanned PDF document.

2

Select Language

Choose the document's primary language.

3

OCR Process

AI extracts text from all pages.

4

Download

Save your searchable PDF.

About OCR for PDF Documents

What is OCR?

OCR (Optical Character Recognition) converts scanned images and non-searchable PDFs into text-searchable documents. Advanced AI technology recognizes text characters, making scanned documents fully searchable and editable.

Why Use OCR?

  • Searchable Text: Find content within scanned documents
  • Copy Text: Extract and reuse text from images
  • Edit Content: Modify text in scanned PDFs
  • Accessibility: Screen readers can read the text

OCR Technology

Advanced recognition capabilities:

  • Multi-Language: Supports 100+ languages
  • High Accuracy: 99%+ recognition rate
  • Layout Preservation: Maintains original formatting
  • Font Recognition: Detects various typefaces

Best Use Cases

Perfect for digitizing scanned books, converting paper documents, making invoices searchable, archiving historical documents, and enabling text search in image-based PDFs.

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Frequently Asked Questions

OCR (Optical Character Recognition) converts images of text into actual searchable and editable text. You need it for scanned documents to make them searchable and copyable.

We support 50+ languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and many more. Select your language before processing.

OCR accuracy typically ranges from 95-99% for clear scans. Quality depends on scan resolution, text clarity, and language complexity.

OCR works best with printed text. Handwritten text may have lower accuracy depending on handwriting clarity and style.

No, we preserve the original PDF layout and appearance. OCR adds an invisible text layer behind the images.

Yes! After OCR processing, you can search for any text in the PDF using Ctrl+F in any PDF reader.