PDF OCR Scanner
Extract editable text from scanned PDFs and image‑based documents using Optical Character Recognition (OCR).
Click to Browse or Drag & Drop a PDF
Max 50MB, up to 20 pages (OCR is intensive)
ℹ️ How it works: The tool renders each PDF page as an image and passes it to the OCR engine (Tesseract.js). Processing large PDFs can take time – please be patient. For best results, use clear, high‑contrast scans.
📄 Extracted Text
📖 How to Extract Text from Scanned PDF – Step by Step
- Step 1: Upload a scanned PDF file (drag & drop or click the upload area).
- Step 2: Choose the OCR language that matches your document.
- Step 3: Optionally limit the number of pages to process (first N pages).
- Step 4: Click “Start OCR” – the tool renders each page as an image and runs Tesseract.js locally.
- Step 5: Wait for the progress bar to complete. The extracted text will appear in the result area.
- Step 6: Copy the text to clipboard or download it as a `.txt` file.
💡 Why Use This OCR Tool?
- ✔️ 100% client‑side – your PDF never leaves your device, no privacy risks.
- ✔️ Supports multiple languages (English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Japanese).
- ✔️ Works with scanned documents, image‑based PDFs, and camera‑phone captures.
- ✔️ Free, unlimited, no registration.
💡 Pro Tip: For best results, ensure your scanned PDF has clear, high‑contrast text. Processing may take a few seconds per page – be patient. Use the page limit option to test on a few pages first.
🔒 100% client‑side – your PDF never uploaded • OCR runs locally using Tesseract.js • Zero tracking