OCR a PDF online
Text recognition (OCR) runs automatically when you open a scan, right in your browser.
Choose a PDF
or drop it here · forms, leases, applications, contracts…
How to oCR a PDF online
- Choose your scanned PDF.
- Text recognition starts by itself and shows its progress.
- Tap any recognized line to edit it.
- Press Download PDF.
Which OCR engine is used?
Tesseract, the widely used open-source OCR engine, running inside your browser.
Which languages does it read?
English printed text.
Are my files private?
Yes. Your file opens and is edited inside your own browser. It is never uploaded to our servers.