Convert scanned PDFs and images into searchable, editable text using advanced OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology. Our free tool extracts text from PDF documents, photos, and scanned files in over 20 languages. Make your documents searchable, copy text from images, or convert scanned pages to editable text files instantly.
OCR (Optical Character Recognition) is a technology that converts different types of documents, such as scanned paper documents, PDF files, or images captured by a camera, into editable and searchable text. When you scan a document, it creates an image - even if it contains text, that text is just a picture. OCR analyzes the image and recognizes the characters, converting them into actual text data.
Our free online OCR tool uses advanced machine learning algorithms to accurately recognize text in over 20 languages. Whether you have scanned contracts, old documents, photos of whiteboards, or PDF files created from scanners, our OCR tool can extract the text and make it available for editing, searching, and copying.
The extracted text can be downloaded as a searchable PDF (where the original appearance is preserved but text becomes selectable) or as a text-only PDF for easy editing and manipulation. This makes previously inaccessible content fully usable in your digital workflow.
Click the upload area or drag and drop your scanned PDF or image file. We support PDF documents, JPG, PNG, and other common image formats.
Choose the primary language of your document from our dropdown menu. This helps our OCR engine recognize characters more accurately, especially for non-Latin scripts.
Click "Process OCR" to start the text extraction. Our system will analyze your document and identify all recognizable text using advanced AI algorithms.
Once processing is complete, you'll see the extracted text displayed on screen. Download the original PDF with searchable text layer, or download the text-only version for editing.
Extract text from documents in English, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Spanish, Russian, and many more languages.
Our OCR engine uses advanced AI to achieve high accuracy even with complex fonts, handwriting, and low-quality scans.
Process both PDF documents and image files (JPG, PNG, etc.). Perfect for scanned documents, photos of text, and screenshots.
Create searchable PDFs that look exactly like the original but with selectable text. Perfect for archiving and document management.
Download extracted text as a clean text PDF for editing, quoting, or repurposing the content in other documents.
Process documents without registration or payment. Our OCR tool is completely free for personal and professional use.
Higher resolution images (300 DPI or more) produce better OCR results. If scanning documents, use the highest quality setting available.
Documents with clear contrast between text and background are recognized more accurately. Avoid scanning on colored or textured backgrounds.
Always select the primary language of your document. This significantly improves recognition accuracy, especially for non-Latin scripts.
Scan or photograph documents as straight as possible. Tilted or rotated text can reduce OCR accuracy significantly.
A regular PDF contains actual text data that can be selected and searched. A scanned PDF is essentially an image of a document - it looks like text but the computer sees it as a picture. OCR converts the image into actual searchable text.
Our OCR tool can recognize some handwritten text, especially neat handwriting. However, accuracy varies depending on the legibility of the writing. Printed text generally produces the best results.
Accuracy depends on image quality, font clarity, and document condition. With good quality scans of printed documents, accuracy typically exceeds 95%. Complex layouts, unusual fonts, or poor quality images may reduce accuracy.
Yes, all uploaded files are processed securely and automatically deleted after you download the results. We never store or share your document content.
Yes, you can upload multi-page PDF documents. The OCR will process all pages and extract text from the entire document.
We support PDF files and common image formats including JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, and TIFF. Most scanned documents and photos will work perfectly.
Convert scanned PDFs and images into searchable, editable text in seconds.
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