PDF OCR — Scanned Text Extractor
Extract text from scanned or image-based PDFs using OCR. Copy or download as TXT.
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How to use this tool
- 1Upload scanned PDF.
- 2Run OCR (may take a minute).
- 3Copy or download text.
Common use cases
- Read scanned visa forms
- Extract text from photo PDFs
- Copy old scanned letters
- Searchable text from scans
File limits
- Scanned/image PDFs
- Runs in browser — first use downloads language data
- Large PDFs may be slow
Frequently asked questions
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