OCR PDF – Make Scanned Documents Searchable
OCR PDF – Extract Text from Scanned PDFs Free
Scanned PDFs are just images — you can't search, copy, or edit the text in them. This OCR tool reads the text from your scanned pages and makes it selectable and searchable. Upload your scanned PDF and get a document with real, editable text. Useful for digitizing paperwork, contracts, and old documents.
Extract Text from Scanned PDFs Automatically
OCR (Optical Character Recognition) scans each page of your PDF and converts the image-based text into actual characters. The result is a PDF you can search through, copy text from, and edit — much more useful than a flat scan.
How it works
Upload scanned PDF
Drag and drop your scanned PDF file or image-based PDF.
OCR processes text
The OCR engine recognizes text in the scanned images and creates a searchable text layer.
Download searchable PDF
Click Download to save your PDF with selectable, searchable text.
Frequently asked questions
About OCR PDF
OCR PDF uses optical character recognition to convert scanned documents into searchable PDFs. The text layer is added on top of the scanned images, making your documents searchable and allowing you to copy text.