OCR PDF
Convert scanned PDF files into searchable documents — free, private, and fast.
Your files never leave your device
Drop a scanned PDF or click to browse
PDF files — processed locally with AI text recognition
How It Works
Step 1
Upload Scanned PDF
Choose the PDF file that contains scanned images of text.
Step 2
OCRing Pages
Our tool processes each page using OCR to recognize text.
Step 3
Download Searchable PDF
Get your new PDF with a selectable text layer.
Frequently Asked Questions
The tool converts PDF pages into images, uses Tesseract.js for optical character recognition, and then builds a new PDF with the recognized text as a searchable layer.
Currently, we support English (eng). Clear scans or high-quality photos work best for recognition.
Yes. The entire OCR process happens in your web browser. Your files are never uploaded to any server.