PDF & Document
PDF OCR
Read English text from a scanned page so you can copy it.
Free forever.
How to OCR a PDF
- Choose a scanned PDF of up to 8 pages.
- Read text. The first run downloads the English recognition files from this site.
- Copy the result, download a .txt file, or save a text PDF.
Questions
Which languages are recognised?
English. Handwriting and very small type are often incomplete.
Is the scan uploaded?
No. Recognition runs in the tab after the language file has loaded from this site.
The PDF stays on your device. The English recognition files are loaded from this site the first time you use this tool.