Drop a scanned PDF here, or click to select
Render pages and run OCR in your browser.
PDF OCR is for scanned PDFs and image-based documents where normal PDF text extraction returns little or no text. This tool renders each selected page as an image, then recognizes words from the page image.
Use it for scanned forms, receipts, book pages, image-only reports, old contracts, and screenshots saved as PDF. For selectable PDFs, the faster PDF to Text tool is usually better.
The OCR engine is loaded in the browser when needed. Choose the document language from the dropdown before running OCR. Recognition quality depends on scan resolution, contrast, language choice, page rotation, and whether the source text is clear.