OCR PDF

Use local OCR in your browser to extract English text from a scanned PDF into a TXT file.

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How to extract text from a scanned PDF

Extract English text from a scanned PDF into a TXT file with local OCR.

  1. Choose a scanned PDF

    Select the scanned PDF you want to process.

  2. Run local OCR

    Select Extract text and wait while the local OCR model processes the PDF.

  3. Save the text

    Download the resulting TXT file and review the extracted text.

What language does OCR PDF support?

This tool extracts English text from scanned PDFs.

What file does OCR PDF create?

It creates a TXT file containing the extracted text.

Does OCR PDF create a searchable PDF?

No. This tool extracts text to TXT and does not create a searchable PDF.