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OCR PDF

Extract text from scanned PDFs using Optical Character Recognition (OCR). This makes your PDF searchable and allows you to select and copy text.

Select the language of the text in your PDF for better OCR results.

About PDF OCR

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is the process of converting images of text into machine-readable text. When applied to PDFs, OCR makes scanned documents searchable and allows you to select and copy text.

How It Works

Our OCR tool uses a multi-step process:

  1. Image Extraction: We extract images from each page of your PDF.
  2. Text Recognition: We use advanced OCR technology to recognize text in the extracted images.
  3. Text Overlay: We add the recognized text as an invisible layer on top of the original PDF.

Benefits of OCR

  • Make scanned documents searchable
  • Enable text selection and copying
  • Improve accessibility for screen readers
  • Prepare documents for text analysis
Important: OCR accuracy depends on the quality of the original document.

Clear, high-resolution scans will yield better results. For best results, choose the correct language that matches the text in your document.