🔎 PDF OCR Converter
Scanned contracts, receipts and book pages are just pictures. OCR reads them so you can search, copy and edit the text.
✅ Free · No sign-up
Choose a PDF or drag it here
Processed on your device — nothing is uploaded · up to 60 pages
Processed on your device — nothing is uploaded · up to 60 pages
Output
How to use the PDF OCR Converter
- Open a scanned PDF and choose its language.
- Optionally limit the pages. Press Run OCR and watch page-by-page progress.
- Copy or download the text, or download the searchable PDF (image + invisible text layer).
Why creators use it
- Make scanned sponsorship contracts searchable.
- Extract quotes from a scanned book or magazine for a video script.
Good to know
- Runs entirely in your browser; the file never leaves your device.
- Up to 60 pages per run to stay within browser memory. Each page is rendered at about 200 DPI.
- Accuracy depends on scan quality; always proofread important text.
- OCR engine and language data load from the jsDelivr CDN on first use.
Frequently asked questions
What is a searchable PDF?
The original page image with an invisible text layer on top, so you can search and select text while the page looks unchanged.
My PDF already has text — do I need OCR?
No. Use PDF to Markdown or PDF to Word instead; OCR is for scans and photos of documents.